I rode out of Kansas City
I was running, dodging danger,
left the girl that I loved so.
Far behind lay Kansas City
and the past that I had earned.
Twenty notches on my six -gun
marked the lessons I had learned.
Many times I sold my fast man
for a place to lay my head
Till the nights began to haunt me
by the men that I left dead
Couldn't stand it any longer
with this life that I'd begun
So I said goodbye to Dini
as the sun sank in the west
My thoughts in Kansas City
and the girl that I love best
As I smiled and kissed her gently
and then turned away to go
Said I'd send for her to meet me
when I'd reached old Mexico
I had barely left the saddle
and my foot just touched the ground
When a cold voice from the shadows
told me not to turn around
Said he knew about my fast gun,
knew the price paid by the law
Challenged by a bounty hunter,
so I turned around to draw
I knew someday I'd meet him,
for his hand like lightning flashed
My own gun stood in leather
as his bullet tore its path
As my strength was slowly fading,
I could see him walk away
And I knew that where I lie tonight,
Now the crowd is slowly gathering,
but my eyes are growing dim
And my thoughts return to Jeannie
and the home that we had planned
Oh, please tell her, won't you, mister,
that she's still the only one
But a woman's love is wasted
when she loves a runnin' gun
