[Verse 1]
I got a name on a poster in some border-town bar,
A face in the papers, a beat-up old car.
They say I pulled triggers, left stories in red—
But the worst of my crimes still lives in my head.
I ride where the lawmen don’t bother to go,
Where the nights are too quiet and the whiskey runs slow.
I ain't lookin’ for trouble—it just knows where I am,
'Cause the past has a badge, and I’m a wanted man.
[Chorus]
I’m a wanted man, by the law and the Lord,
A heart full of thunder, a soul scored and scored.
They can chase my shadow, they can burn my name,
But I carry my guilt like a mark in flame.
Yeah, I run from the things no chain can span—
Not just a killer, I’m a wanted man.
[Verse 2]
She left me a note and a ring on the floor,
Said, "Love’s not a war worth dyin’ for."
But I fought like hell ‘til I lost her for good,
Now I haunt every crossroad I misunderstood.
There’s a bounty in heaven and one down below,
And I’m stuck in between with nowhere to go.
I sleep with one eye and a hand on the steel—
But the worst kind of wound is the one you still feel.
[Chorus]
I’m a wanted man, by the law and the Lord,
A heart full of thunder, a soul scored and scored.
They can chase my shadow, they can burn my name,
But I carry my guilt like a mark in flame.
Yeah, I run from the things no chain can span—
Not just a killer, I’m a wanted man.
[Bridge - Harmonica]
No jail can hold what I’ve become,
No prayer can save what I’ve outrun.
The mirror don’t lie, and the silence won’t bend—
This road ain’t straight, and it sure won’t end.
[Final Chorus]
I’m a wanted man, in the dust and the rain,
Every mile a memory, every heartbeat a stain.
They can write me off in black and white,
But truth comes out in the dead of night.
Yeah, I ride with a curse no law can ban—
Forever and always…
a wanted man.
