(J.R. Cobb/Buddy Buie)
I was dealin` up and down the highway
Till they caught me with a heavy load
They sentenced me to hard labor
Workin` on the side of the road
Now I don`t deny I was guilty
And I know I broke the law
I was hungry and broke and couldn`t see no hope
And my back was up against the wall
Now I`m right outside your window
Honey open up and let me in
I broke out of jail this mornin`
And I ain`t never goin` back again
I just had to stop by for a minute
And I can`t stay long at all
`Cause I gotta run you see I`m under the gun
And my back is up against the wall
I was shackled to a three-time loser
A man named Jefferson
One night we got to talkin`
And I asked him what he`d done
He said a man fell over my razor
In the middle of a barroom brawl
But don`t you see it was him or me
And my back was up against the wall
Now I`m right outside your window
Honey open up and let me in
I broke out of jail this mornin`
And I ain`t never goin` back again
I just had to stop by for a minute
And I can`t stay long at all
`Cause I gotta run you see I`m under the gun
And my back is up against the wall
Now I`m right outside your window
Honey open up and let me in
I broke out of jail this mornin`
And I ain`t never goin` back again
I just had to stop by for a minute
And I can`t stay long at all
`Cause I gotta run you see I`m under the gun
And my back is up against the wall
I gotta run you see I`m under the gun
And my back is up against the wall
Yeah I gotta run you see I`m under the gun
And my back is up against the wall