Riding through the darkness, riding through the light With a gun on my side, I'm ready for a fight I'm running for my life, the dogs after me They want to hang me on the next tree I remember a time full of peace That people were handing out perfectly But that sweet silence got a break When my woman's body was found in the lake And they hit me, and they kick me And they knock me down on my knees And they call me a liar They want to hang me high on the tree And they hit me And they kick me, and they knock me down on my knees And they call me a liar, they want to hang me high on the tree Hang me high on the tree But I escaped all the hateful mob Searching for the murder, that's my only job I'm never gonna settle down, I'm never gonna stop Till I find the guilty one to hang him up I will hit him, I will kick him I will knock him down on his knees I will call him a bastard I wanna hang him high on the tree Hang him high on the tree I will hit him, I will kick him I will knock him down on his knees I will call him a bastard I want to hang him high on the tree Hang him high on the tree Hang him high on the tree Hang him high on the tree Hang him high on the tree