Gimme Some Water

Mama never understood what it's like for a losing man

When her number-one son goes bad playing cards with the devil's hands

But Daddy got real sick so quick; four walls never understand

I was the one who got good with the guns; took the money from the rich man's land

Give me some water

'Cause I shot a man on the Mexican border

Cool, cool water

Give me some water

I need a little water

Jimmy grew up so fast and he met me at the pass one day

Said, "You're a wanted man; take your brother's hand; I'll be running with you anyway"

So we rode late in the night, lighting fires on the desert sand

Till one day the posse caught us 'cause the sheriff always gets his man

Give me some water

'Cause I killed a man on the Mexican border

Cool, cool water

I need a little water

Oh geeze! if I could just get loose my hands

I'd run just as fast as my legs can

But, Lord, I've got no room to run

I shouldn't have done what I did with that there gun

Give me some water

'Cause I killed a man on the Mexican border

Cool, cool water

Can't you see that long white rope hanging from the hangman's tree?

Take a restless horse; tie may hands, of course; tell my mother that I'm finally free

Let me die like a man; no one understands; let me pray; let a poor man pray

Smack that horse in the ass; with my last dying gasp my brother could hear me say

Give me some water

'Cause I shot a man on the Mexican border

Cool, cool water

Give me some water

Give me some water

'Cause I shot a man on the Mexican border

Cool, cool water

Give me some water

Give me some water

'Cause I shot a man on the Mexican border

Cool, cool water

Give me some water

Give me some water

'Cause I killed a man on the Mexican border

Cool, sweet water

Give me some water