i was dealin up and down the highway till they caught me with a heavy load they sentenced me to hard labor workin on the side of the road now i don t deny i was guilty and i know i broke the law i was hungry and broke and couldn t see no hope and my back was up against the wall now i m right outside your window honey open up and let me in i broke out of jail this mornin and i ain t never goin back again i just had to stop by for a minute and i can t stay long at all cause i gotta run you see i m under the gun and my back is up against the wall i was shackled to a three time loser a man named jefferson one night we got to talkin and i asked him what he d done he said a man fell over my razor in the middle of a barroom brawl but don t you see it was him or me and my back was up against the wall now i m right outside your window honey open up and let me in i broke out of jail this mornin and i ain t never goin back again i just had to stop by for a minute and i can t stay long at all cause i gotta run you see i m under the gun and my back is up against the wall now i m right outside your window honey open up and let me in i broke out of jail this mornin and i ain t never goin back again i just had to stop by for a minute and i can t stay long at all cause i gotta run you see i m under the gun and my back is up against the wall i gotta run you see i m under the gun and my back is up against the wall yeah i gotta run you see i m under the gun and my back is up against the wall