Ballad Of A Well-known Gun

Music by elton john

Lyrics by bernie taupin

Available on the album tumbleweed connection



I pulled out my stage coach times

And i read the latest news

I tapped my feet in dumb surprise

And of course i saw they knew

The pinkertons pulled out my bags

And asked me for my name

I stuttered out my answer

And hung my head in shame



Now they've found me

At last they've found me

It's hard to run

From a starving family

Now they've found me

Well i won't run

I'm tired of hearing

There goes a well-known gun





Now i've seen this chain gang

Lord i say let me see my priest

I couldn't have faced your desert sand

Old burning brown backed beast

The poor house they hit me for my kin

And claimed my crumbling walls

Now i know how reno felt

When he ran from the law





Now they've found me

At last they've found me

It's hard to run

From a starving family

Now they've found me

Well i won't run

I'm tired of hearing

There goes a well-known gun





Now they've found me

Lord i say at last they've found me

It's hard to run

From a starving family

Lord i say now they've found me

Well i won't run

I'm tired of hearing

There goes a well-known gun





Lord i say now they've found me

At last they've found me

It's hard to run

From a starving family

Now they've found me

I won't run

I'm tired of hearing

There goes a well-known gun


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