From the four winds we have come Katie Elder

Four brothers on the run Katie Elder

All your little ones have grown and we've reaped what we have sown

Yes we've reaped what we have sown Katie Elder

 

 

Oh the wind blows like the devil when it blows

And the boy grows up and like the wind he goes

So mothers teach your sons to not live by a gun

And to not live like the sons of Katie Elder

And to not live like the sons of Katie Elder

 

 

I think you'd understand Katie Elder

That a man is just a man Katie Elder

They're bound to cut him down if he doesn't stand his ground

But they haven't cut us down yet Katie Elder

 

 

Oh the wind blows like the devil when it blows

And the boy grows up and like the wind he goes

So mothers teach your sons to not live by a gun

And to not live like the sons of Katie Elder

And to not live like the sons of Katie Elder

 

 

We'll try to make it right Katie Elder

No more hidin' in the night Katie Elder

I vow it on your grave by all the things we never gave

And mistakes that we all made Katie Elder

 

 

Oh the wind blows like the devil when it blows

And the boy grows up and like the wind he goes

So mothers teach your sons to not live by a gun

And to not live like the sons of Katie Elder

And to not live like the sons of Katie Elder

And to not live like the sons of Katie Elder