Staring down the barrel of a law man's 45
He says, Boy, better keep your hands high, if you want to stay alive
Officer, it's not how it seems, not how it seems at all
Says Boy, I know just who you are, you've been running from the law
Ice cold steel around my wrists, but it's not my time to fall
I fell once long before, before I ever fought the law
But darling I never stole your heart, you gave it from the start
Cut us off from life support, and that's when we fell apart
So I took off like Sherman's March, burning towns lay in my wake
500 miles later, you telephoned to say
That all those many miles before, you'd made a great mistake
As I set out on the road, your heart began to break
Darling, I'm so sorry, I lost you along the way
Ashes laying all around, there's nothing you could say
Staring down the barrel of a law man's 45
He says, Boy, better keep your hands up high if you want to stay alive
Officer, it's not how it seems, not how it seems at all
Says Boy, I know just who you are, and this is where you fall
Ice cold steel around my wrists, but I have no gun to draw
So I took off running, over the cemetery wall
Now the town is coming with their pitch forks and their guns
To take me to the gallows to hang for what I've done
But darling I never stole your heart, you had mine from the start
Cut us off from life support, and that's when we fell apart
So I took off like Sherman's March, burning towns lay in my wake
A white puff of smoke from the end of a gun
And there's nothing you could say