LYRIC FOR SALE

By Country Blue

I’m goin’ back to Austin.
I’m a Texas man
Through and through.
Goin’ back to Austin.
Goin’ back to you.

Chorus
I shot a man in Reno.
The sheriff’s after me.
I didn’t mean to do it.
I wish they’d let me be.

Sonofabitch
I tried to get rich.
Worked hard in this old country.
But never found the solid ground.
Never got to find my bounty.

It’s a long way back to Austin,
but that is where I’m going.
I shot a man in Reno,
and that will be my ruin.

There was a girl in Reno.
She was working in a bar.
A drunk cowboy walked in one day.
and he went just too far.

I shot that man in Reno
The sheriff’s after me.
I didn’t mean to do it.
I wish they’d let me be.

She looked at me, and told that cowboy,
She had a guy with a gentle touch.
The cowboy said he didn’t care.
That did not mean too much.

He tried again to kiss that girl
I had to say to him,
Leave her alone, let her be.
That’s when he pulled his gun on me.

Now, the fastest gun is not
always the one that gets the hit.
I pulled my gun, pumped three shots
into that guy, and now he’s eating grit.

I shot that man in Reno
The sheriff’s after me.
I didn’t mean to do it.
I wish they’d let me be.

It’s a long way back to Austin
I’m a Texas man through and through.
Going back to Austin.
Wish I could be with you.

But I shot that man in Reno
The sheriff won’t let me be.
I didn’t want to do it.
But they will be hanging me.

I shot that man in Reno
The Sheriff won’t let me be.
I didn’t want to do it.
But they will be hanging me.