I been on the run all my life
Dodging the law and causing strife
My girl left me for another man
I shot them down and away I ran
Got on my horse and loaded my gun
And away I ran into the desert sun
Late at night with the moon at my back
My only friend is a bottle of jack
The pain's always there night an day
When I die there'll be hell to pay
A man's only as good as what he's done
Give me my peace with a knife and gun
They say they say I'll be dead soon
They'll hang me at high noon
A wicked man lasts not long
When the whiskey's flowing strong
I been on the run all my life
Dodging the law and causing strife
My girl left me for another man
I shot them down and away I ran