Running Gun

I rode out of Kansas City, going south to Mexico
 I was running dodging danger, left the girl that I loved so
 Far behind lay Kansas City and the past that I had earned
 Twenty notches on my six gun marked the lessons I had learned
 Many times I sold my fast gun for a place to lay my head
 Till the nights began to haunt me by the men that I left dead
 Couldn't stand it any longer with the life that I'd begun
 So I said good-bye to Jeannie and became a running gun
 I rode into Amarillo as the sun sank in the west
 My thoughts in Kansas City and the girl that I love best
 As I smiled and kissed her gently and then turned away to go
 Said I'd send for her to meet me when I reached old Mexico
 I had barely left the saddle and my foot just touched the ground
 When a cold voice from the shadows told me not to turn around
 Said he knew about my fast gun, knew the price paid by the law
 Challenged by a bounty hunter, so I turned around to draw
 I knew someday I'd meet him, for his hand like lightning flashed
 My own gun stood in leather as his bullet tore its path
 As my strength was slowly fading, I could see him walk away
 And I knew that where I lie today, he too must lie some day
 Now a crowd is slowly gathering but my eyes are growing dim
 And my thoughts return to Jeannie and the home that we had planned
 Oh please tell her, won't you mister, that she's still the only one
 But a woman's love is wasted when she loves a running gun
 
 I rode out of Kansas City, going south to Mexico
 I was running dodging danger, left the girl that I loved so
 Far behind lay Kansas City and the past that I had earned
 Twenty notches on my six gun marked the lessons I had learned
 Many times I sold my fast gun for a place to lay my head
 Till the nights began to haunt me by the men that I left dead
 Couldn't stand it any longer with the life that I'd begun
 So I said good-bye to Jeannie and became a running gun
 I rode into Amarillo as the sun sank in the west
 My thoughts in Kansas City and the girl that I love best
 As I smiled and kissed her gently and then turned away to go
 Said I'd send for her to meet me when I reached old Mexico
 I had barely left the saddle and my foot just touched the ground
 When a cold voice from the shadows told me not to turn around
 Said he knew about my fast gun, knew the price paid by the law
 Challenged by a bounty hunter, so I turned around to draw
 I knew someday I'd meet him, for his hand like lightning flashed
 My own gun stood in leather as his bullet tore its path
 As my strength was slowly fading, I could see him walk away
 And I knew that where I lie today, he too must lie some day
 Now a crowd is slowly gathering but my eyes are growing dim
 And my thoughts return to Jeannie and the home that we had planned
 Oh please tell her, won't you mister, that she's still the only one
 But a woman's love is wasted when she loves a running gun