Running Gun-Marty Robbins

[ti:Running Gun] [ar:Marty Robbins] [al:Marty Robbins - Shackles and Chains] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Running Gun - Marty Robbins [00:04.21]I rode out of Kansas City [00:06.29]Going south to Mexico [00:08.48]I was running dodging danger [00:10.61]Left the girl that I loved so [00:13.78]Far behind lay Kansas City [00:15.78]And the past that I had earned [00:18.18]Twenty notches on my six gun [00:20.05]Marked the lessons I had learned [00:23.54]Many times I sold my fast gun [00:25.35]For a place to lay my head [00:27.70]Till the nights began to haunt me [00:29.68]By the men that I left dead [00:33.10]Couldn't stand it any longer [00:35.02]With this life that I'd begun [00:37.14]So I said good-bye to Jeannie [00:39.28]And became a running gun [00:43.56]I rode into Amarillo [00:45.57]As the sun sank in the west [00:47.67]My thoughts in Kansas City [00:49.72]And the girl that I love best [00:53.04]As I smiled and kissed her gently [00:55.07]And then turned away to go [00:57.17]Said I'd send for her to meet me [00:59.47]When I reached old Mexico [01:02.65]I had barely left the saddle [01:04.54]And my foot just touched the ground [01:06.77]When a cold voice from the shadows [01:08.88]Told me not to turn around [01:12.00]Said he knew about my fast gun [01:14.24]Knew the price paid by the law [01:16.39]Challenged by a bounty hunter [01:18.24]So I turned around to draw [01:21.88]I knew someday I'd meet him [01:23.77]For his hand like lightning flashed [01:26.08]My own gun stood in leather [01:28.07]As his bullet tore its path [01:31.31]As my strength was slowly fading [01:33.29]I could see him walk away [01:35.41]And I knew that where I lie tonight [01:37.93]He too must lie some day [01:40.75]Now a crowd is slowly gathering [01:42.88]But my eyes are growing dim [01:45.07]And my thoughts return to Jeannie [01:47.12]And the home that we had planned [01:50.34]Oh please tell her won't you mister [01:52.32]That she's still the only one [01:54.72]But a woman's love is wasted [01:56.74]When she loves a running gun [02:00.52] [02:01.25]Running gun [02:05.45]Running gun