Running Gun-Marty Robbins

[ti:Running Gun] [ar:Marty Robbins] [al:Beyond El Paso Vol. 2 - (The Dave Cash Collection)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Running Gun - Marty Robbins [00:04.39]I rode out of Kansas City [00:06.09]Going south to Mexico [00:07.46] [00:08.56]I was running dodging danger [00:10.65]Left the girl that I loved so [00:12.40] [00:13.69]Far behind lay Kansas City [00:15.73]And the past that I had earned [00:18.06]Twenty notches on my six gun [00:20.12]Marked the lessons I had learned [00:21.72] [00:23.34]Many times I sold my fast gun [00:25.53]For a place to lay my head [00:27.57]Till the nights began to [00:28.70]Haunt me by the men that I left dead [00:30.95] [00:32.80]Couldn't stand it any longer [00:34.85]With the life that I'd begun [00:36.42] [00:37.02]So I said good-bye to Jeannie [00:39.32]And became a running gun [00:40.97] [00:43.24]I rode into Amarillo [00:45.44]As the sun sank in the west [00:47.64]My thoughts in Kansas City [00:49.48]And the girl that I love best [00:51.33] [00:52.54]As I smiled and kissed her gently [00:54.57]And then turned away to go [00:56.55]Said I'd send for her to meet me [00:59.03]When I reached old Mexico [01:00.07] [01:02.05]I had barely left the saddle [01:03.85]And my foot just touched the ground [01:05.79] [01:06.30]When a cold voice from the shadows [01:08.12]Told me not to turn around [01:09.73] [01:11.42]Said he knew about my fast gun [01:13.30] [01:13.85]Knew the price paid by the law [01:15.79]Challenged by a bounty hunter [01:17.35]So I turned around to draw [01:19.03] [01:21.16]I knew someday I'd meet him [01:23.13]For his hand like lightning flashed [01:24.51] [01:25.30]My own gun stood in leather [01:27.14]As his bullet tore its path [01:28.69] [01:30.41]As my strength was slowly fading [01:32.34]I could see him walk away [01:33.85] [01:34.81]And I knew that where I lie today [01:36.99]He too must lie some day [01:38.33] [01:39.97]Now a crowd is slowly gathering [01:41.81]But my eyes are growing dim [01:43.41] [01:43.92]And my thoughts return to Jeannie [01:46.00]And the home that we had planned [01:48.23] [01:49.39]Oh please tell her won't you mister [01:51.53]That she's still the only one [01:53.01] [01:53.78]But a woman's love is wasted [01:55.48]When she loves a running gun [01:56.92] [02:00.06]Running gun [02:00.47] [02:04.20]Running gun