Story Behind The Song

Song was inspired by the many camping trips I've taken over the years out west with my family.

Song Description

It's the 1870's and the country was expanding west and young men like Wyatt Earp and others are leaving home at a young age to seek fame, fortune and adventure but sometimes ended up on the wrong side of the law.

Lyrics

Wanted Man 2001 Ron Hayden
VERSE 1
I WAS FIFTHTEEN WHEN I RAN AWAY FROM HOME.
DREAM OF FORTUNE GONNA MAKE THE WORLD MY OWN.
I DID WHAT I HAD TO DO JUST TO SURIVE.
NOW I'M WANTED, WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE.

VERSE 2

POP PA WAS A PREACHER TOOK THE BIBLE TO HIS GRAVE.
MAMA HAD HER HANDS FULL WITH THE A WILD SON TO RAISE.
THE COUNTRY WAS BIG AND OPEN I DIDN'T WANT TO BE TAMED.
I SET OUT TO SEEK MY FORTUNE AND FAME.

CHORUS
NOW I'M
LIVING THE LIFE OF A WANTED MAN.
I DO MY TALKING WITH A SIX GUN IN MY HAND.
I ALWAYS KEEP THREE STEPS AHEAD OF THE LAW.
YOU CAN SEE MY FACE AND NAME PINNED UP ON THE WALL.

VERSE 3

KEEP ON RIDING THROUGH THE WIND AND THE RAIN.
SEARCHING FOR A TOWN WHERE THEY DON'T KNOW MY NAME.
THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEONE WHO THINKS HE'S FASTER THAN ME.
ANOTHER ONE GUNNED DOWN AND I'M BACK ON THE RUN.

CHORUS
LIVING THE LIFE OF A WANTED MAN.
I DO MY TALKING WITH A SIX GUN IN MY HAND.
I NEVER WILL BE KILLED BY THE ROPE OF THE HANG MAN.
THIS IS THE LAW OF A WANTED MAN.

BRIDGE
I TOOK JUST WHAT I NEEDED.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO KILL.
WITH GUNS IN MY HAND MY BACK TO THE WALL.
IT WAS KILL OR BE KILLED.


CHORUS
NOW I'M LIVING THE LIFE OF A WANTED MAN.
WITH GUNS IN MY HAND I'LL MAKE MY FINAL STAND.
I NEVER WILL BE KILLED BY THE ROPE OF THE HANG MAN.
THIS IS THE LAW OF A WANTED MAN.
THIS IS THE LAW OF A WANTED MAN.
THIS IS THE LIFE OF A WANTED MAN.