Running Gun - Michael Martin Murphey

[00:11.52]I rode out of Kansas City heading south to Mexico
[00:15.57]I was running dodging danger, left the girl that I loved so
[00:20.58]Far behind lay Kansas City and the past that I had earned
[00:24.87]Twenty notches on my six gun marked the lessons I had learned
[00:29.79]Many times I sold my fast gun for a place to lay my head
[00:34.08]Till the nights began to haunt me by the men that I lay dead
[00:38.88]Couldn't stand it any longer with this life that I'd begun
[00:43.17]So I said good-bye to Jeannie and became a running gun
[00:50.19]I rode into Amarillo as the sun sank in the west
[00:54.42]My thoughts in Kansas City and the girl that I love best
[00:59.28]As I smiled and kissed her gently and then turned away to go
[01:03.33]Said I'd send for her to meet me when I reached old Mexico
[01:08.43]I had barely left the saddle and my foot just touched the ground
[01:12.72]When a cold voice from the shadows told me not to turn around
[01:17.46]Said he new about my fast gun knew the price paid by the law
[01:21.6]Challenged by a bounty hunter I turned around to draw
[01:29.01]I knew someday I'd meet him for his hand like lightning flashed
[01:33.09]My own gun stayed in leather as his bullet tore it's path
[01:37.89]As my strength was slowly fading, I could see him walk away
[01:42.03]And I knew that where I lie today, he too must lie some day
[01:47.04]Now my strength is slowly fading and my eyes are growing dim
[01:50.880005]And my thoughts return to Jeannie
[01:53.22]And the home that we had planned
[01:56.25]Oh please tell her won't you mister
[01:58.259995]That she's still the only one
[02:00.51]But a woman's love is waisted when she loves a running gun
[02:16.53]Running gun, running gun