| I had to have the gun to get the gold
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| And I had to have the gold to get the girl.
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| She wanted things I couldn’t buy I knew I’d lose her love
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| And she was everything in life that I’ve been dreaming of
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| And desperation one dark night began my life a crime
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| I knew where someone kept a gun and now the gun was mine.
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| I had to have the gun to get the gold
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| And I had to have the gold to get the girl.
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| I robbed and stole I even killed to win her for my own
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| Then found her in another’s arms one night when I came home
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| I drew my gun they tried to run but never made the door
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| And by their side I threw the gun I wouldn’t need no more.
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| No, I wouldn’t need the gun to get the gold
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| For I wouldn’t need the gold to get the girl.
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| Now very soon I’ll meet my doom the rope hangs just outside
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| But when I found her in his arms that’s when I really died.
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| Oh, I had to have the gun to get the gold
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| And I had to have the gold to get the girl.
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| Oh, I had to have the gun to get the gold
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| And I had to have the gold to get the girl… |