Marty Robbins - Running Gun Lyrics
I rode out of Kansas City, going south to MexicoI was running dodging danger,left the girl that I loved soFar behind lay Kansas City and the past that I had earnedTwenty notches on my six gun marked the lessons I had learnedMany times I sold my fast gun for a place to lay my headTill the nights began to haunt me by the men that I left deadCouldn't stand it any longer with the life that I'd begunSo I said good-bye to Jeannie and became a running gunI rode into Amarillo as the sun sank in the westMy thoughts in Kansas City and the girl that I love bestAs I smiled and kissed her gently and then turned around to goSaid I'd send for her to meet me when I reached old MexicoI had barely left the saddle and my foot just touched the groundWhen a cold voice from the shadows told me not to turn aroundSaid he new about my fast gun, new the price paid by the lawChallenged by a bounty hunter, so I turned around to drawI knew someday I'd meet him for his hand like lightning flashedMy own gun stayed in leather as his bullet tore it's pathAs my strength was slowly fading, I could see him walk awayAnd I knew that where I lie today, he to must lie some dayNow my strength is slowly fading and my eyes are growing dimAnd my thoughts return to Jeannie and the home that we had plannedOh please tell her won't you mister that she's still the only oneBut a woman's love is wasted when she loves a running gun
