As I write this letter to you darling I can't the teardrops from my eyes For at sundown I will lay a dying at the door of the Fool's Paradise Rode into this cattle town this left my bearer to check the market price And I walked into the nearest they call it the Fool's Paradise There the crowd was gay and girls were dancing And the men were playing and dies So I stepped to the bar to join them what a grand place this Fool's Paradise It was then I showed to them your picture I passed it around once twice Then a man insulted your sweet honor at the bar of the Fool's Paradise
So I slapped his face and I told him I said you 'em words Mister or draw that's my advice And he well somebody might get hurty inside But I'll be glad to meet you in street at sundown At sundown in front of the Fool's Paradise So goodbye my darling may God bless I go to make this sacrifice And if ever you visit old Dodge City remember the Fool's Paradise