Hangman hangman hold it a little while,
Think I see my friends coming,
Riding many a mile.
Friends did you get a some silver?
Did you get a little gold?
What did you bring me my dear friends,
To keep me from the gallows pole?
What did you bring me,
To keep me from the gallows pole?

I couldn't get no silver,
I couldn't get no gold.
You know that we're too damn poor,
To keep you from the gallows pole.

Hangman hangman hold it a little while,
I think I see my brother coming,
Riding many a mile.
Brother did you get me some silver?
Did you get a little gold?
What did you bring me my brother,
To keep me from the gallows pole?

Brother I brought you some silver,
I brought a little gold.
I brought a little of everything,
To keep you from the gallows pole.
Yes I brought you to keep you from the gallows pole.

Hangman hangman turn your head awhile,
I think I see my sister coming,
Riding many a mile.
Sister I implore you,
Take him by the hand.
Take him to some shady bower,
Save me from the wrath of this man.
Please take him,
Save me from the wrath of this man.

Hangman hangman upon your face a smile,
Pray tell me that I'm free to ride,
Ride for many mile.

Yes you got a fine sister,
She warmed my blood from cold.
She warmed my blood to boiling hot,
To keep you from the gallows pole.
Your brother brought me silver,
Your sister warmed my soul,
But now I laugh and pull so hard,
And see you swinging on the gallows pole.

Whoa, the girl I love, she's got long black wavy hair
I do declare!
The girl I love, yeah, she's got long black wavy hair,
Ah yeah,
Her Mother and her Father, Lordy,
Sure don't, sure don't want me there.

Well I, I go back to my baby, Lord
I, I swear I wouldn't lie
I never saw that sweet woman yeah
For five long years gone by, yeah.
Well I, said I, whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh, I
I'm goin' home
'Cos she's a sweet little darlin', whoa
I said I been away, ah for too long.
I been away too long.

Well, when my baby walks, she shakes
Just like a willow tree, yes she does.
Well my baby, when she walks, you know
Oh that sweeter baby
You know she walks, walks all over me.
Ooh yeah. Whoa. Love my baby.

Spent my days with a woman unkind,
Smoked my stuff and drank of my wine.
Made up my mind to make a new start,
Going to California with an aching in my heart.
Someone told me there's a girl out there,
With love in her eyes and flowers in her hair.

Took my chances on a big jet plane,
Never let them tell you that they're all the same.
The sea was red and the sky was grey,
Wondered how tomorrow could ever follow today.
The mountains and the canyons started to tremble and shake,
As the children of the sun began to awake.

Seems that the wrath of the gods,
Got a punch on the nose and it started to flow.
I think I might be sinking.
Throw me a line if I reach it in time,
I'll meet you up there where the path.
Runs straight and high.

To find a queen without a king,
They say she plays guitar and cries and sings.
Ride a white mare in the footsteps of dawn,
Tryin' to find a woman who's never never never been born.
Standing on a hill in my mountain of dreams,
Telling myself it's not as hard hard hard as it seems.

In the days of my youth,
I was told what it means to be a man.
Now I've reached the age,
I've tried to do all those things the best I can.
No matter how I try,
I find my way to do the same old jam.

Good times, bad times,
You know I've had my share.
When my woman left home
With a brown eyed man,
Well I still don't seem to care.

Seventeen I fell in love,
With a girl as sweet as could be.
It only took a couple of days,
Till she was rid of me.
She swore that she would be all mine,
And love me till the end.
When I whispered in her ear,
I lost another friend.

Good times, bad times,
You know I've had my share.
When my woman left home
With a brown eyed man,
Well I still don't seem to care.

I know what it means to be alone,
I sure do wish I was at home.
I don't care what the neighbors say,
I'm gonna love you each and every day.
You can feel the beat within my heart.
Realize sweet babe we ain't ever gonna part.