![]() ![]() The outlaw kept offering more money than the hero was going to get for the transfer. The song refers to the movie (possibly book) "3:10 to Yuma" about a hero's journey to help transfer an outlaw to a train to the courthouse. The religious and romantic allusions are there. Or maybe it was Zevon being in his "spit in the eye of the reaper" mentality.Īs for the song, I believe it's about his last ride on this earth to heaven. He may not have gotten his "death sentence" from the doctor (his lung cancer diagnosis), but his body could have been telling him something wasn't right. General Comment I don't know if Zevon knew he was going to die when he wrote this, but he was always known for his dry wit and his penchant towards death and the macabre. Or we'll never get out of East Texas tonight Saying, "You bravos had better be ready to fight While back at the Hilton, last but not least And even Lord Byron was leaving for Greece
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