Lyrics - Ballad of a Well-known Gun by Elton John

Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Available on the album tumbleweed connection
I pulled out my stage coach times
And
I read the latest news
I tapped my feet in dumb surprise
And of course
I saw they knew
The pinkertons pulled out my bags
And asked me for my name
I stuttered out my answer
And hung my head in shame
Now they’ve found me
At last they’ve found me
It’s hard to run
From a starving family
Now they’ve found me
Well
I won’t run
I’m tired of hearing
There goes a well-known gun
Now
I’ve seen this chain gang
Lord
I say let me see my priest
I couldn’t have faced your desert sand
Old burning brown backed beast
The poor house they hit me for my kin
And claimed my crumbling walls
Now
I know how reno felt
When he ran from the law
Now they’ve found me
At last they’ve found me
It’s hard to run
From a starving family
Now they’ve found me
Well
I won’t run
I’m tired of hearing
There goes a well-known gun
Now they’ve found me
Lord
I say at last they’ve found me
It’s hard to run
From a starving family
Lord
I say now they’ve found me
Well
I won’t run
I’m tired of hearing
There goes a well-known gun
Lord
I say now they’ve found me
At last they’ve found me
It’s hard to run
From a starving family
Now they’ve found me
I won’t run
I’m tired of hearing
There goes a well-known gun

Return to songs by Elton John.