These hands of mine have got some stories to tell
Seen parts of heaven and a whole lotta hell
Headed west to stake a claim in the ground
I got as far as cripple creek that night
I met a girl with golden hair and green eyes
Fell in love on the outskirts of town
Hung my hat figured I’d stick around
The same part of me that holds her at night
Would bury any man that don’t treat her right
I’m gonna love and live and kill and fight
With my whole heart
Till death do us part
There was a man who ran that whole damn town
He thought he owned her and that they’d settle down
Took her back with a colt .44
I loaded up and rode out into the night
Took out his men and then by the dawn’s early light
Left a blood trail up to his porch
Held my breath and kicked down the door
Down on his knees he was beggin’ for his life
She looked at me without a tear in her eye
So I put that gun in her hand
Sometimes it takes a woman to end a man