There's riders in this country

They're taking heads for bounty

Wake up . . . they've come to ride us down

Sweetness we have tasted

The time to move is wasted

They're riding like a hurricane through this town



We've been too many nights sleeping in a feather bed

You can't close both your eyes with a price on your head

You've got to stand and fight for what you believe

You've got to face death with your heart on your sleeve

Life is a park and you've soon got to leave



Living on borrowed, living on borrowed

Living on borrowed time

Living on borrowed, living on borrowed

Living on borrowed time



If you say that you want your freedom

They'll hear you in every kingdom

They'll travel ten thousand miles just to shoot you down

Well, the judge he was deluded

And the sheriff he soon colluded

And he swore . . . six feet off the ground



They'll hunt you down 'cause you dared to tell the truth

A man ain't safe these days under his own roof

But you can't live your life under no man's thumb

They'll all pay double for what they've done

High days come and the bad days come



Living on borrowed, living on borrowed

Living on borrowed time

Living on borrowed, living on borrowed

Living on borrowed time



But you can't live your life under no man's thumb

They'll all pay double for what they've done

High days come and the bad days come



Living on borrowed, living on borrowed

Living on borrowed time

Living on borrowed, living on borrowed

Living on borrowed time

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