Bob Wayne - Hangin' Tree Lyrics

They found her by the river
Sent a posse after me
Got caught up at the border
Of southern TN
Guilty was the verdict
That the jury read to me
Then they brought me down
To the hanging tree.
It was a whorehouse out in Frisco
With my pearl handled gun.
I thought it would be an easy score.
I guess I thought wrong.
That madame she fought hard
In the end she bested me
Then they drug me
Down to their hangin' tree.
Its roots get strong and deeper with
Every life it takes.
Years come and go but the hanging tree remains.
It was a card game in grand junction
I was one short of a flush
I looked at him he looked at me
And then i called his bluff
We put the money on the table
And that ace fell from my sleeve
. I laid my final hand down at the hanging tree.
I got busted in El Paso
Coming back from Juarez.
50 kilos of pure cocaine
Was what they caught me with
I tried to run and shoot my way out
Two federali's dead
At the hanging tree. I paid my final debt.
Its roots get strong and deeper with
Every life it takes.
Years come and go but the hanging tree remains.
Years come and go but the hanging tree remains.