The hand of fate is on me now It pick me up and knock me down I´m on the run, I´m prison bound
The hand of fate is heavy now I killed a man, I´m highway bound The wheel of fortune keeps turning round Turning round, turning round I should have known it was a one horse town
My sweet girl was once his wife He had papers the judge had signed The wind blew hard, it was stormy night He shot me once, but I shot him twice The hand of fate is on me now It pick me up and it kicked me right down Kicked me right down Kicked me right down
I had to save her life Yeah, I gunned him twice Yeah, and I watched him die, watch out boy
Yeah, I watched him die
He was a barroom man, the violent kind He had no love for that gal of mine Then one day in a drinking bout He swore he´d throw me right of town The hand of fate is on me now I shot that man I put him underground I put him underground Yes I did
I´m on the run, I hear the hounds My luck is up, my chips are down So goodbye baby, so long now Wish me luck, I´m going to need it child The hand of fate is on me now Yeah it´s too late Too late baby, too late now
The hand of fate is on me now The hand of fate is heavy now