I Hung My head

EARLY ONE MORNING WITH TIME TO KILL I BORROWED JEB'S RIFLE AND SAT ON THE HILL I SAW A LONE RIDER CROSSING THE PLAIN I DREW A BEAD ON HIM TO PRACTICE MY AIM MY BROTHER'S RIFLE WENT OFF IN MY HAND A SHOT RANG OUT ACROSS THE LAND THE HORSE HE KEPT RUNNING THE RIDER WAS DEAD I HUNG MY HEAD I HUNG MY HEAD I SET OFF RUNNING TO WAKE FROM THE DREAM MY BROTHER'S RIFLE WENT INTO THE STREAM I KEPT ON RUNNING INTO THE SALT LANDS AND THAT'S WHERE THEY FOUND ME MY HEAD IN MY HANDS THE SHERIFF HE ASKED ME WHY HAD I RUN THEN IT CAME TO ME JUST WHAT I HAD DONE AND ALL FOR NO REASON JUST ONE PIECE OF LEAD I HUNG MY HEAD I HUNG MY HEAD HERE IN THE COURTHOUSE THE WHOLE TOWN IS THERE I SEE THE JUDGE HIGH UP IN HIS CHAIR “EXPLAIN TO THE COUTROOM WHAT WENT THROUGH YOUR MIND AND WE'LL ASK THE JURY WHAT VERDICT THEY FIND” I SAID “I FELT THE POWER OF DEATH OVER LIFE I ORPHANED HIS CHILDREN I WIDOWED HIS WIFE I BEG THEIR FORGIVENESS I WISH I WAS DEAD” I HUNG MY HEAD I HUNG MY HEAD I HUNG MY HEAD I HUNG MY HEAD EARLY ONE MORNING WITH TIME TO KILL I SEE THE GALLOWS UP ON THE HILL AND OUT IN THE DISTANCE A TRICK OF THE BRAIN I SEE A LONE RIDER CROSSING THE PLAIN HE'S COME TO FETCH ME TO SEE WHAT THEY DONE WE'LL RIDE TOGETHER TIL KINGDOM COME I PRAY FOR GOD'S MERCY FOR SOON I'LL BE DEAD I HUNG MY HEAD I HUNG MY HEAD I HUNG MY HEAD I HUNG MY HEAD I HUNG MY HEAD I HUNG MY HEAD...