How it all began The hours have forgotten By dawn the strong survivor By dawn the time has passed Man and beast on outskirts Know of Marshall Law Of no one The mythic six string shooter The sun his only friend This splintered sun-touched man The desert law is hidden In his fading hands Wine, dust, orbiting shapes The laws of steel, from one to ten Wielded, wired braid Tubes of fire and sounds of pain The laws of steel from one to ten The laws of steel Gates! desert! High noon gambler Wealth! fortune! Mesa riders