The Lawman

They sent me out from Santa Fe to try and find his trail
They think that I'm the only one who can bring him back to jail
This star says I'm a lawman, this gun has seen me through
And though my heart is heavy, I've got a job to do

You see he's such a proud man who never learned to crawl
But a good man turned gunslinger is the meanest man of all
He killed a U.S. Marshal and for that he's gonna pay
And I'm the lonely lawman, who's on his trail today

There was a time he fought for truth and on the side of right
Until the only girl he loved was killed one fateful night
I know his heart was shattered as he turned the barren sod
And laid away her body, commending it to God

Then he vowed avengeance to those who took her life
And every notch upon his gun a tear shed for his wife
But vengeance is like wildfire sweeping through the woods
It turns reason into ashes and it burns out all the good

Now I can't help but remember as I trail this lonesome man
I don't believe while we were boys I won any race we ran
For you see his face resembles mine, we talk somewhat the same
And though we walk in different worlds we both bear our daddy's name