There's a little girl down south And her daddy's got a ranch 'Bout as big as my town And one day I swear I'm gonna go down there and get her out
From the letter that I got last fall She said you know you're the one I love most of all But my face is up on the sheriff's wall And there's reward signs posted up And down the red river line That I cross that very night Trying to find my heart and looking for a fight And there were four guards standing on the wall I drew two six-guns And I watched them fall Oh yeah Yeah
Well I came busting through them gates Into a 12 gauge and a 38 But I was quick on the draw and I got 'em all Yelled out to Rosa Bella
As she came walking softly through the night Her hair so long and looking at me With those big blue eyes I grabbed her hand and we ran to leave But her daddy came a-running from around a tree And said "Ain't no way my daughter's leaving here with no cherokee" Oh yeah
Well, in my rage and to his surprise I looked him deep in his buckshot eyes And he had his hand on his gun but I was holding mine
And I'm running down this indian highway In a ball of red I got a loaded gun and things are goin' my way for a change Well, you might think that I'm gonna be swingin' from a tree Oh, no I'm a spirit boy Ain't nobody gonna catch me No, yeah, yeah, yeah... (chanting)
We made love that very night Under a burnt auburn cancun sky I guess now I'm a Mexican 'Cause in Texas I'm a wanted man She got up in an all-white gown From the man who shot her daddy down Somewhere in the heat of the night there was a shot & idots
And I'm running down this indian highway In a ball of red I got a loaded gun and things are goin' my way for a change Yeah Well, you might think that I'm gonna be swingin' from a tree I know I'm a spirit boy Ain't nobody gonna catch me Yeah I'm a spirit boy Ain't nobody gonna catch me Yeah I'm a spirit boy Yeah Ain't nobody gonna catch me Yeah