Spent eight long months out in the desert, now I'm finally coming home
I wrote her every day but she never sent a letter the whole time I was gone
And yah I loved that woman more than anyone loved anyone in their life
Was gonna take her home to mama and buy a little diamond hopin she'd be my wife
Yeah I was heading to the house, saw another man's truck parked out in my drive,
I grabbed my pistol and headed for the door with a firelight in my eye,
Yah I found her the backroom lying with another man in my bed,
And so i jacked back the hammer on my 45 and put it right to her head,
And now I'm sitting here in Huntsville, shackled, chained and charged
For shooting down a no good cheating woman who didn't have a heart
Yeah I guess I'll spend the rest of my life behind these gray bars
For shooting down a no good cheating woman who didn't have a heart
Well I looked at the man shaking in the blanket, said you might wanna leave,
If I see you again, I'll just start shooting, this here's between her and me,
Well she reached for my pistol, she said I love you, we can talk this through
And then my ears started ringing, my eyes starting ringing,
And the gun smoke filled the room,
And now I'm sitting here in Huntsville, shackled, chained and charged
For shooting down a no good cheating woman who didn't have a heart
Yeah I guess I'll spend the rest of my life behind these gray bars
For shooting down a no good cheating woman who didn't have a heart
Didn't have a heart, didn't have a heart, didn't have a heart