I rode out of Kansas City
I was running, dodging danger,
left the girl that I love so
Far behind Lake Kansas City
in the path that I had earned
Twenty notches on my six -gun mark
from lessons I had learned
Many times I sold my fast gun
for a place to lay my head
Till the nights began to haunt me
by the minute that I left it
Couldn't stand it any longer
with this life that I'd begun
So I said goodbye to Jeannie
as the sun sank in the west
My thoughts on Kansas City
and the girl that I loved best
As I smiled and kissed her gently
and then turned away to go
Said I'd send for her to meet me
when I'd reached Old Mexico
I had barely left the saddle
and my foot just touched the ground
When the cold boy from the shadows
told me not to turn around
Said he knew about my fast gun,
knew that price, knew by the law
Charged by a bounty hunter,
so I turned around to draw
Well I knew someday I'd meet him
for his hand like lightning flashed
My own gun stood in leather
as his bullet tore its path
As my strength was slowly fading,
I could see him walk away
And I knew that where I lied tonight,
Now the crowd is slowly gathering
up my eyes to grow and build
My heart's returned to Jeannie
and the home that we had planned
that she's still the only one
But a woman's love is wasted
when she loves a run -and -gun
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