what a life i've led

there never was a man so doggone mean

i wore only black and my eyes were green

and i can tell you now that i'm very old

i'd kill any man for a piece of gold

oh what a life i've led

i've been a real bad man and i oughta be dead

oh what a life i've led

i've been real mean man

full of cheating and lying

left a lot of men dead and a lot of girls crying

yes i did

i rode into dodge on a sunny day

i went there to steal all the railmen's pay

and when i left town all the streets ran red

i had ten grand in gold

and three guards lay dead

i was a bad man with a heart made of stone

if you were a wise man

you would've left me alone

i've lived all my life

such a lonely one

just me and my horse and a fine six-gun

i've lived and i've loved and i knew great pain

but i know now i'd do it over again singing