I?a man who?goin?o hell with heaven?blessing The judge said I?not fit to live with men They? building me a gallows in the courtyard To make sure I don?pass this way again My first taste of killin?as at Vicksburg I must have shot me a hundred men I learned to make my livin?ith a six-gun I?an outlaw now but I was a hero then Chorus: Lord if I had only known the misery That glory?somethin?ot worth killin?or I wish now I had never touched the handle Of a Hairtrigger Colt .44 I was a hunted desperado A wanted man with a price on my head I thought that I could steal a taste of freedom I got me a hangman?noose instead Repeat Chorus Undertaker write on my tombstone A killer finally killed and nothin?ore I wouldn?be here if it hadn?been for Providence And a Hairtrigger Colt .44 Repeat Chorus 2x