Oh mama I'm in fear for my life from the long arm of the law
Lawman has put an end to my running and I'm so far from my home
Oh mama I can hear you a-crying you're so scared and all alone
Hangman is coming down from the gallows and I don't have very long

The jig is up, the news is out, they've finally found me
The renegade who had it made, retrieved for a bounty
Never more to go astray
This will be the end today, of the wanted man

Oh mama I've been years on the lam and had a high price on my head
Lawman said "Get him dead or alive" now it's for sure he'll see me dead
Dear mama I can hear you crying, you're so scared and all alone
Hangman is coming down from the gallows and I don't have very long

The jig is up, the news is out, they've finally found me
The renegade who had it made, retrieved for a bounty
Never more to go astray
The judge'll have revenge today
On the wanted man

~ INSTRUMENTAL ~

Oh mama I'm in fear for my life from the long arm of the law
Hangman is coming down from the gallows and I don't have very long

The jig is up, the news is out, they've finally found me
The renegade who had it made, retrieved for a bounty
Never more to go astray
This'll be the end today
Of the wanted man

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