Ain't got no life I'm on the run One step ahead Of the lawman's gun I had a love She became my wife She was untrue So I took her life Her lover there Was the first to fall I shot him twice Then I heard her call I turned to her With intent to kill Third shot rang out Everything got still I'm on the run I make no friends I'm on the run And got no end I got my freedom But I ain't free For the law and the devil Are after me My trusted mare And a forty five My only companion To keep me alive When the bounty man Came sniffin' around I beat him with a draw And rode out of town Not an hour goes by My heart don't break My griefin' shame I cannot shake Every river I cross I think of jumpin' in And bringin' this misery to an end I'm on the run I make no friends I'm on the run And got no end I got my freedom But I ain't free For the law and the devil Are after me I'm on the run I make no friends I'm on the run And got no end I got my freedom But I ain't free For the law and the devil Are after me I'm on the run I make no friends I'm on the run And got no end I got my freedom But I ain't free For the law and the devil Are after me For the law and the devil Are after me