The trail winds through desert towns And I've drunk my fill My boots they kiss the sand and walk on Shot a man once for looking wrong when he begged shot again Did time but didn't stay in long I learned a gun when I was six years old From a man who killed for money Shot down on the edge of town Made my blood run cold and funny And as I rot in the settin' sun Ugly birds fly above Strapped to my side rides the only thing That I've ever loved