Oh Mama, I'm in fear for my life from the long arm of the law   Hang man is coming down from the gallows, and I don't have very long.      The jig is up, the news is out   They finally found me   The renegade who had it made   Retrieved for a bounty   Never more to go astray   This'll be the end today   Of the wanted man      Oh Mama, I've been years on the lam and had a high price on my head   Lawman said 'Get him dead or alive' and I'm for sure he'll see   me dead      Oh Mama I can hear you cryin',    you're so scared and all   alone   Hangman is comin' down from the gallows and I don't have very long.      Oh momma, I'm in fear for my life from the long arm of the law