When I was just a kid back in Abeline I had to use a gun, well, for my own sake I shot a man down when I was just eighteen From that day they call me Shakey Jake
Shakey Jake, boy, what you gonna do Texas Rangers coming after you Here's the price you pay for one mistake So get off the streets it's Shakey Jake
Mama says I was born under a bad sign Well, I was looking for the chance to make or break I cut my teeth on a branding iron I'm the devil's own son, I'm Shakey Jake
Shakey Jake, boy, what you gonna do Texas Rangers coming after you Here's the price you pay for one mistake So get off the streets it's Shakey Jake
I keep on the run, I travel by night I don't need anyone But someone, one day, somewhere is gonna see me right
Dig a hole about six foot deep Pray the Lord my soul to take Don't want flowers and nobody's gonna weep Here lies that outlaw, Shakey Jake
Shakey Jake, boy, what you gonna do Texas Rangers coming after you Here's the price you pay for one mistake Get off the streets it's Shakey Jake
Shakey Jake, boy, what you gonna do Texas Rangers coming after you Here's the price you pay for one mistake Get off the streets it's Shakey Jake
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