Iâm a man whoâs goinâ to hell with heavenâs blessing
The judge said Iâm not fit to live with men
Theyâre building me a gallows in the courtyard
To make sure I donât pass this way again
My first taste of killinâ was at Vicksburg
I must have shot me a hundred men
I learned to make my livinâ with a six-gun
Iâm an outlaw now but I was a hero then
Chorus:
Lord if I had only known the misery
That gloryâs somethinâ not worth killinâ for
I wish now I had never touched the handle
Of a Hairtrigger Colt .44
I was a hunted desperado
A wanted man with a price on my head
I thought that I could steal a taste of freedom
I got me a hangmanâs noose instead
Repeat Chorus
Undertaker write on my tombstone
A killer finally killed and nothinâ more
I wouldnât be here if it hadnât been for Providence
And a Hairtrigger Colt .44
Repeat Chorus 2x
The judge said Iâm not fit to live with men
Theyâre building me a gallows in the courtyard
To make sure I donât pass this way again
My first taste of killinâ was at Vicksburg
I must have shot me a hundred men
I learned to make my livinâ with a six-gun
Iâm an outlaw now but I was a hero then
Chorus:
Lord if I had only known the misery
That gloryâs somethinâ not worth killinâ for
I wish now I had never touched the handle
Of a Hairtrigger Colt .44
I was a hunted desperado
A wanted man with a price on my head
I thought that I could steal a taste of freedom
I got me a hangmanâs noose instead
Repeat Chorus
Undertaker write on my tombstone
A killer finally killed and nothinâ more
I wouldnât be here if it hadnât been for Providence
And a Hairtrigger Colt .44
Repeat Chorus 2x