Running Gun-Dean Beard

[ti:Running Gun] [ar:John Cassidy,The Everglades] [al:John Cassidy With The Everglades Sings Johnny Cash's Greatest Hits] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Running Gun - Dean Beard [00:04.01]I rode out of Kansas [00:05.17]City going south to Mexico [00:07.15] [00:08.28]I was running dodging dangerleft the girl [00:10.90]That I loved so [00:11.78] [00:13.33]Far behind lay Kansas [00:14.95]City and the past that I had earned [00:17.02] [00:17.84]Twenty notches on my six gun marked the lessons [00:20.60]I had learned [00:21.31] [00:22.96]Many times I sold my fast gun for [00:25.36]A place to lay my head [00:26.76] [00:27.42]Till the nights began to haunt me [00:29.02]On the men that I left dead [00:30.87] [00:32.49]Couldn't stand it any longer with the life [00:35.05]That I'd begun [00:36.38]So I said good-bye to Jeannie [00:38.56]And became a running gun [00:40.14] [00:44.14]I rode into Amarillo as the sun sank in the west [00:47.88] [00:48.50]My thoughts in Kansas City [00:50.28]And the girl that I love best [00:52.04] [00:53.61]As I smiled and kissed her gently [00:55.75]And then turned away to go [00:57.28] [00:57.83]Said I'd send for her to meet me [00:59.81]When I reached old Mexico [01:01.61] [01:03.22]I had barely left the saddle [01:05.22]And my foot just touched the ground [01:07.00] [01:07.67]When a cold voice from the shadows [01:09.38]Told me not to turn around [01:11.03] [01:12.72]Said he knew about my fast gun [01:14.76]Knew the price paid by the law [01:16.41] [01:17.22]Challenged by a bounty hunter [01:18.75]So I turned around to draw [01:20.72] [01:24.69]I knew someday I'd meet him [01:26.61]For his hand like lightning flashed [01:28.29] [01:28.92]My own gun stood in leather [01:30.51]As his bullet tore it's path [01:32.32] [01:33.97]As my strength was slowly fading [01:35.99]I could see him walk away [01:37.78] [01:38.29]And I knew that where I lie today [01:40.55]He too must lie some day [01:42.03] [01:43.71]Now a crowd is slowly gathering [01:45.52]But my eyes are growing dim [01:47.29] [01:47.85]And my thoughts return to Jeannie [01:49.84]And the home that we had planned [01:51.71] [01:53.10]Oh please tell her won't you mister [01:55.22]That she's still the only one [01:56.82] [01:57.45]But a woman's love is wasted [01:59.46]When she loves a running gun [02:01.44] [02:02.80]Running gun [02:04.39] [02:04.99]Running gun