| I’m a long way from home
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| I don’t know where I’ll go
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| I a’int slept in days
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| And the water’s running low
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| Got a posse at my back
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| And bullet in my side
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| Lord I gotta keep on movin'
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| Find a good place to hide
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| Well they tried to take me in
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| For shootin' down a man
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| He got what he deserved
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| They’ll have to catch me if they can
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| I feel my blood runnin' colder every day
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| I know that soon this old body be layin' beneath the clay
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| I came home from the range
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| And the moon was shining bright
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| Saw two shadows moving
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| Like demons in the night
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| I felt my body tremble
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| As I saw them lyin' there
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| A stranger with my wife
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| I drew the pistol that I wear
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| Oh, and I feel my blood runnin' colder every day
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| And I know that soon this old body be layin' 'neath the clay
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| I shot him in the back
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| As he was makin' for the door
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| I stood over a man
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| That I knew I’d seen before
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| His hand was on his chest
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| And I knew I’d gone too far
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| When I opened up his vest
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| And I saw that silver star
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| (break)
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| Oh, and I feel my blood flowin' colder every day
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| And I know that soon this old body be layin' 'neath the clay
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| Oh, and I feel my blood flowin' colder every day
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| And I know that soon this old body be layin' 'neath the clay |