He was the best friend I ever had
He chirped me up when I was sad
We always rode together
There was nothing that could make us part
We stuck together right from the start
We always rode together
Well, I'm standing in my cell
And I'm looking to the sky
Today I'm still alive
But tomorrow I will die
Well, I'm standing in my cell
And I'm looking to the sky
Today I'm still alive
But tomorrow I will die
Now when my time had come to settle down
I find me a girl in Texas town
No longer we rode that saddle
Well, the printing rise, we worked the farm
Sure no one couldn't do her harm
Well, I went to the farm
To buy that cattle
Well, I'm standing in my cell
And I'm looking to the sky
Today I'm still alive
But tomorrow I will die
Well, I'm standing in my cell
And I'm looking to the sky
Today I'm still alive
But tomorrow I will die
Well, it took me a week
Come home one night
Saw my friend and my wife in the moonlight
She walked away







She was in his arms
Well, she kissed him before my eyes
My head went down from a forty-five
Well, I shot my friend and wife
Well, I'm standing in my cell
And I'm looking to the sky
Today I'm still alive
But tomorrow I will die
But I'm standing in my cell
But I'm standing in my cell
And I'm looking to the sky
Today I'm still alive
But tomorrow I will die



Well, I'm standing in my cell



Well, I'm standing in my cell
And I'm looking to the sky
Today I'm still alive