Running Gun - Marty Robbins

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

Running gun

Running gun