Marty Robbins
Marty Robbins
Marty Robbins
Marty Robbins
Marty Robbins
Marty Robbins
Marty Robbins
Marty Robbins
Marty Robbins
Marty Robbins
Marty Robbins
Marty Robbins
A song to show why he’s being hung that night. The song describes the murder of Marty’s ex-girlfriend and her new love. He grows angry after she leaves him for the other man. He kills them both in a dim-lit café.
[Verse 1]
When I hear the rain a-comin' down
It makes me sad and blue
Was on a rainy night like this
That Flo said we were through
[Verse 2]
I told her how I loved her and
I begged her not to go
But another man had changed her mind
So I said goodbye to Flo
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Alone within my cell tonight
My heart is filled with fear
The only sound within the room
Is the falling of each tear
[Chorus]
I think about the thing I've done
I know it wasn't right
They'll bury Flo tomorrow
But they're hanging me tonight
They're hanging me tonight
[Verse 3]
That night he came and took my Flo
And headed into town
I knew I had to find this man
And try to gun him down
[Verse 4]
As I walked by a dim café
And I looked through the door
I saw my Flo with her new love
And I couldn't stand no more
I couldn't stand no more
[Pre-Chorus 2]
I took my pistol from my hip
And with a trembling hand
I took the life of pretty Flo
And that good for nothin' man
That good for nothin' man
[Chorus]
I think about the thing I've done
I know it wasn't right
They'll bury Flo tomorrow
But they're hanging me tonight
They're hanging me tonight
They’re Hanging Me Tonight was written by Art Wolpert.
They’re Hanging Me Tonight was produced by Don Law.