[00:21.801]Early one morning
[00:23.813]with time to kill
[00:26.901]I borrowed Jeb's rifle
[00:29.198]and sat on the hill
[00:32.241]I saw a lone rider
[00:34.597]crossing the plain
[00:37.721]I drew a bead on him
[00:40.301]to practice my aim
[00:43.114]My brother's rifle
[00:45.293]went off in my hand
[00:48.406]A shot rang out
[00:50.809]across the land
[00:53.744]The horse he kept running
[00:56.238]the rider was dead
[00:58.885]I hung my head
[01:01.894]I hung my head
[01:04.764]I set off running
[01:07.356]to wake from the dream
[01:10.045]And my brother's rifle
[01:12.590]went into the stream
[01:15.356]I kept on running
[01:18.060]into the salt lands
[01:20.968]And that's where they found me
[01:23.424]my head in my hands
[01:26.273]The sheriff he asked me
[01:28.952]"Why had I run"
[01:31.518]Then it came to me
[01:34.106]just what I had done
[01:36.874]And all for no reason
[01:39.332]just one piece of lead
[01:42.184]I hung my head
[01:45.094]I hung my head
[02:09.656]Here in the courthouse
[02:12.127]the whole town is there
[02:14.673]I see the judge
[02:17.143]high up in his chair
[02:20.028]"Explain to the courtroom
[02:22.671]what went through your mind
[02:25.366]And we'll ask the jury
[02:27.812]what verdict they find"
[02:31.052]I said "I felt the power
[02:33.405]of death over life
[02:36.048]I orphaned his children
[02:38.737]I widowed his wife
[02:41.694]I beg their forgiveness
[02:44.486]I wish I was dead"
[02:47.063]I hung my head
[02:49.610]I hung my head
[03:19.780]Early one morning
[03:22.241]with time to kill
[03:25.062]I see the gallows
[03:27.364]up on the hill
[03:30.284]And out in the distance
[03:32.803]a trick of the brain
[03:35.846]I see a lone rider
[03:38.533]crossing the plain
[03:41.239]He's come to fetch me
[03:43.847]to see what they done
[03:46.318]We'll ride together
[03:49.297]til Kingdom come
[03:51.599]I pray for God's mercy
[03:54.228]for soon I'll be dead
[03:57.228]I hung my head
[03:59.744]I hung my head