Early One Morning
With Time To Kill
I Borrowed Jebb's Rifle
And Sat On A Hill
I Saw A Lone Rider
Crossing The Plain
I Drew A Bead On Him
To Practice My Aim

My Brother's Rifle
Went Off In My Hand
A Shot Rang Out
Across The Land
The Horse, He Kept Running
The Rider Was Dead
I Hung My Head
I Hung My Head

I Set Off Running
To Wake From The Dream
My Brother's Rifle
Went Into The Sheen
I Kept On Running
Into The South Lands
That's Where They Found Me
My Head In My Hands

The Sheriff He Asked Me
Why Had I Run
And Then It Come To Me
Just What I Had Done
And All For No Reason
Just One Piece Of Lead
I Hung My Head
I Hung My Head

Here In The Court House
The Whole Town Was There
I See The Judge
High Up In The Chair
Explain To The Court Room
What Went On In Your Mind
And We'll Ask The Jury
What Verdict They Find

I Felt The Power
Of Death And Life
I Orphaned His Children
I Widowed His Wife
I Begged Their Forgiveness
I Wish I Was Dead
I Hung My Head
I Hung My Head

I Hung My Head
I Hung My Head

Early One Morning
With Time To Kill
I See The Gallows
Up On A Hill
And Out In The Distance
A Trick Of The Brain
I See A Lone Rider
Crossing The Plain

And He'd Come To Fetch Me
To See What They'd Done
And We'd Ride Together
To Kingdom Come
I Prayed For God's Mercy
For Soon I'd Be Dead
I Hung My Head
I Hung My Head

I Hung My Head
I Hung My Head