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

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 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

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

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