| Hail the new sheriff, sent me a letter
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| And the new sheriff sent me a letter
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| Sayin', «Come up and see me, dead or alive»
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| «Come up and see me, dead or alive»
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| Well, he even sent me my picture
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| Well, he even sent me my picture
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| Well, how do I look, boys, dead or alive?
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| How do I look, boys, dead or alive?
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| He said he’d pay my expenses
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| And he said he’d pay my expenses
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| I don’t need your money, dead or alive
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| Don’t need your money, honey, dead or alive
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| I don’t like your hard bed hotels
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| I don’t like your hard bed hotels
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| I’d rather sleep on the ground, buddy, dead or alive
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| Sleep on the ground, buddy, dead or alive
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| I got to go down see my little sweet thing
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| I got to go down see my little sweet thing
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| I need your love, honey, dead or alive
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| Need your love, honey, dead or alive
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| It’s a hard, hard road, dead or alive
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| Dead or alive, it’s a hard, hard road |