see the man ridin high in the desert near the rio grande he runs for his life doesn t sleep doesn t take time to understand cause the girl that he loved went away and ran off with another man but he followed them both and he shot at the throat couldn t stop his hand so now he s under the gun he was born and raised and he lived like the son of an honest man and who would ve thought that one day he might gun down another man but his heart gave away to the gun in his hand couldn t stop it no so now he s gotta run and he s weak from the sun got nowhere to go because he s under the gun just a fugitive out on the run under the gun never see the setting sun he s under the gun so long well now he s on the run cause he s under the gun with nowhere to go well pray for him sister watch out for him mister he ll let you know because he s under the gun just a fugitive out on the run under the gun never see the setting sun he s under the gun because he s under the gun cause he s under the gun cause he s under the gun cause he s under the gun cause he s under the gun 