Oh Mama, I'm in fear for my life from the long arm of the law

Law man has put an end to my running and I'm so far from my home

oh mamma i can hear you a crying you're so scared and all alone

hang man is comin down from the gallows and i don't have very long

The jig is up, the news is out

They finally found me

The renegade who had it made

Retrieved for a bounty

Never more to go astray

This'll be the end today

Of the wanted man

Oh Mama, I've been years on the lam and had a high price on my head

Lawman said 'Get him dead or alive' and it's for sure he'll see me dead

Dear Mama I can hear you cryin', you're so scared and all alone

Hangman is comin' down from the gallows and I don't have very long

The jig is up, the news is out

They finally found me

The renegade who had it made

Retrieved for a bounty

Never more to go astray

The judge'll have revenge today

On the wanted man

Oh Mama, I'm in fear for my life from the long arm of the law

hang man is coming down from the gallows, and i don't have very long

The jig is up, the news is out

They finally found me

The renegade who had it made

Retrieved for a bounty

Never more to go astray

This'll be the end today

Of the wanted man

the wanted man....

and i don't wanna go