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