Danny Rolling Mystery Rider
Mystery Rider Jingling spurs rolling into town Old black stallion you bring a grim reaper Dressed in snake hide, worn black leather Mystery riders what s your name You re a killer a drifter gone insane Mystery rider what s your game You re a rebel no one can tame Welcome stranger to the Silver Dollar bar What s your pleasure asked the tender with a big cigar You give me a whisky cause I m feeling a little risky If that tin star s in town well you tell him I m around Mystery rider what s your name You re a killer, a drifter gone insane Mystery rider what s your game You re a rebel no one can tame This strikingly beautiful song does not sound quite so beautiful when you realize it is to be taken literally. Rolling recorded this song along with ten others on a cassette recorder in a Sarasota motel room on August 4, 1990. At that time he was already a t
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