Ballad Of The Lone Ranger

Co-Founder of 'The Boomtown Rats' in Dublin, this was Gerry Cott's first solo single released in 1982

Time to saddle up now, boys Time to saddle up and get out of here There’s guns in the holsters Bullets in the chambers They say the only good one is a dead one And you can’t tell me that you don’t want to be the lone ranger And you can’t tell me that you don’t want to be the lone ranger When your cause is a good one And it’s one with a fight You just gotta show ‘em who’s boss...show ‘em your might You gotta protect and defend your sons and your daughters We’re gonna die, you’re gonna kill us all And you can’t tell me that you don’t want to be the lone ranger And you can’t tell me that you don’t want to be the lone ranger No, you can’t tell me that you don’t want to be the lone ranger A gun in your hand now, is all that you need You’ve gotta win that toss, you’ve gotta make us bleed And you can’t tell me that you don’t want to be the lone ranger And you can’t tell me that you don’t want to be the lone ranger No, you can’t tell me that you don’t want to be the lone ranger And you can’t tell me…