strapped my guns and courage on set my cattle free rolled a smoke and i made a vow no more to be reviled combed her hair and laid her out pretty as you please watched the fire light up the night cryin like a child saw a man in san antone shoot down a dancing queen and asked him on his hangin day what was he thinkin of he said i never liked the way she treated me so mean in the end i tell you friend i did it all for love stood out on the ragged edge and there i took the fall i did it all for love my friend for love i did it all just this side of devil s dream above the sulphur mine i found the man who robbed me of the girl i loved and lost i asked him before he died what made him cross the line he asked me did i mean the line i just stepped across stood out on the ragged edge and there i took the fall i did it all for love my friend for love i did it all i i i i wonder why y i ve walked this earth these many years and left a trail of fire but once i was a gentle man every bit like you i watched the heavens open up heard the angel choir sing the holy song of god to thine own self be true stood out on the ragged edge and there i took the fall i did it all for love my friend for love i did it all i did it all for love my friend for love i did it all