See the man ridin' high in the desert near the Rio Grande   Runs for his life, doesn't sleep, doesn't take time to understand   'Cause the girl that he loved went away and ran off with another man   But he followed them both and he shot at the throat, couldn't stop his hand.   So now he's under the gun.      He was born and raised and he lived like the son of an honest man   And who would've thought that one day he might gun down another man   But his heart gave away to the gun in his hand   He couldn't stop it, No   So now he's gotta run, and he' weak from the sun got nowhere to go.      Chorus:   Because he's under the gun,    Under the gun   Just a fugitive, out on the run   Under the gun,    Under the gun   Never see, the setting sun   He's under the gun.      Well now he's on the run, 'cause he's under gun   Got nowhere to go   Well now pray for him sister, watch out for him mister   He'll let you know   That's he's under the gun, under the gun   Just a fugitive, out on the run, under then gun      Under the gun   Never see the setting sun   He's under gun (under the gun...till fade.)