"Saddle Tramp" lyrics - MOLLY HATCHET

Well I pulled out of Canyon County
Great cradle of the West
My mama and me and one lone dog
Tryin' to do our best
Strangers all around me
So no one knew my name
I came to take back this land
I came to stake my claim, yes sir

The farm is all I've ever know
It bears my family's name
But damn my brother got drunk one night
Lost it all in a poker game
Shots rang through the silence
I heard the angels cry
You never run a winner, a saint or a sinner
The boy said aces high

Saddle tramp, you're back in action
Lookin' for the man who took my brother
I came to put him down
Saddle tramp you spent your whole life runnin' like the wind
Goin' for the bounty
But ridin' for the thrill

Mama died of a broken heart
When they put this life away
But when they put him in the ground
It like to kill me just the same
Half past the hour of midnight
Look into the killer's eyes
I pulled my.45 and bullets started flyin'
The man he had to die

Saddle tramp, you're back in action
Lookin' for the man who took my brother
I came to put him down
Saddle tramp you spent your whole life runnin' like the wind
Goin' for the bounty
But ridin' for the thrill

Saddle tramp, you're back in action
Lookin' for the man who took my brother
I came to put him down
Saddle tramp you spent your whole life runnin' like the wind
Goin' for the bounty
But ridin' for the thrill

Every time you take a life,
The Devil's watching you
He'll fill you with a pack of lies
And he'll steal your soul from you, I say