See the man ridin´ high in the desert near the Rio Grande He runs for his life, doesn´t sleep, doesn´t take time to understand ´Cause the girl that he loved went away and ran off with another man
But he followed them both and he shot at the throat Couldn´t stop his hand, so now he´s under the gun He was born and raised and he lived like the son of an honest man And who would´ve thought that one day he might gun down another man But his heart gave away to the gun in his hand, couldn´t stop it, no So now he´s gotta run and he´s weak from the sun, got nowhere to go Because he´s under the gun (Under the gun) Just a fugitive, out on the run, under the gun (Under the gun) Never see the setting sun He´s under the gun Shoot him
Well now he´s on the run, ´cause he´s under the gun With nowhere to go We´ll pray for his sister, watch out for the mister He´ll let you know Because he´s under the gun (Under the gun) Just a fugitive, out on the run, under the gun (Under the gun) Never seen the setting sun He´s under the gun (Under the gun) Because he´s under the gun (Under the gun) ´Cause he´s under the gun (Under the gun) ´Cause he´s under the gun
(Under the gun) ´Cause he´s under the gun (Under the gun) ...