Lyrics
Chorus
Boots on the boardwalk and the sun sinkin' lowStagecoach rollin' by like it's eighteen-eighty-ohSilver built this town, then the water drowned the minesBut Tombstone kept on kickin' through the hardest of timesTwo fires burned the street down, still she's standin' here tonightEvery board's got a story and every story's worth the fight
Chorus
Walk on down Allen Street, girl, don't be shyRaise one at the Crystal Palace where the legends used to drinkLean on Big Nose Kate's bar, the one that wouldn't burnPeek inside the Bird Cage, and then it's on to your next turnWild hearts, whiskey nights, and an Arizona skyWelcome to Tombstone, the town too tough to dieWelcome to Tombstone, the town too tough to die
Verse 2
The Grand Hotel threw a party back in eighteen-eightyChandeliers and walnut and the finest folks were thereThe Clantons and McLaurys slept there the night beforeThe O.K. Corral fight that wrote this town's name into loreNow Big Nose Kate's got the long bar that the fire couldn't takeAnd there's music every night for heaven and the devil's sake
Chorus
Walk on down Allen Street, girl, don't be shyWalk on down Allen Street, girl, don't be shyRaise one at the Crystal Palace where the legends used to drinkLean on Big Nose Kate's bar, the one that wouldn't burnPeek inside the Bird Cage, and then it's on to your next turnWild hearts, whiskey nights, and an Arizona skyWelcome to Tombstone, the town too tough to die
Bridge
The Bird Cage opened Christmas week of eighty-oneFiddles, cigar smoke and singin' till the rising sunVirgil watched the corner from his window up aboveThis old town ain't perfect, but she's easy to love
Final Chorus
Walk on down Allen Street, girl, don't be shyRaise one at the Crystal Palace where the legends used to drinkLean on Big Nose Kate's bar, the one that wouldn't burnPeek inside the Bird Cage, and then it's on to your next turnWild hearts, whiskey nights, and an Arizona skyWelcome to Tombstone, the town too tough to dieYeah, Tombstone, the town too tough to dieus, warm open production