I'm a cowboy, I'm an outlaw, half Cherokee
Half Chippewa. I'm a six-string gunner on a Friday night
I'm 8 months down and serving 20 to life
I broke a six string, I've got five shots left
You can keep your loans. I don't need your debt
We're from way down in the underground
Where the swamp meets the mud and the creek feeds the town

I'm running, from Hangtown and the noose
There's danger in my blood. And I'm an outlaw on the loose
I draw my gun and I hold it high. I shoot my guitar like a 45
There's only one life that I choose, I'm an outlaw on the loose

I'ma burnout bright I won't fade to dust
Don't hang around us 'cause it's dangerous
And if some one told you that I gave a fuck
Well they damn sure told you wrong
I'm on a midnight run to get across the line
I done saw my face up on the Sunday times
A wanted man dead or alive
I gotta double back to keep 'em off my path
Don't reach for brass or it'll be your last
'Cause I'm meaner than a one-eyed diamondback
And I damn sure ain't the one

I'm running, from Hangtown and the noose
There's danger in my blood. And I'm an outlaw on the loose
I draw my gun and I hold it high. I shoot my guitar like a 45
There's only one life that I choose, I'm an outlaw on the loose

If all the light was outlawed then I could still see
And if the woods were illegal, you'd find me in those trees
I welcome all the bullets. I enjoy the chase
If I go silent, my family is disgraced
These handcuffs can't hold me
I hang all by my lonely. I watch all my friends closely
It's killing me slowly
They don't know when I roam hell no, I don't need a cell phone
It's time that I move on now, I told you I'm an outlaw

I'm running, from Hangtown and the noose
There's danger in my blood. And I'm an outlaw on the loose
I draw my gun and I hold it high. I shoot my guitar like a 45
There's only one life that I choose, I'm an outlaw on the loose
There's only one life that I choose. I'm an outlaw on the loose