I'm leaving this place behind
"And I'm heading out on the road tonight
"I'm off for the hinterlands
"Way up north to have taught you to stand
"Before I commence my ride
"I'm asking Lily to be my bride
"I know there's another man
"But he ain't gonna delay my plans
"
"I know she's gonna be my wife
"Gonna fall in love I'm gonna live my life with her
"You know I bet he's not so tough
"Ain't afraid of him cause I'm a fool for love
"
"I've come far to find Big Jim
"Well here I am and I guess you him
"I see how you got your name
"You're tall as hell and broad as a train
"They say you a hard-born man
"And the baddest guy in the whole wide land
"Well I'm not afraid to fight
"Let's step outside and I'll show you why
"
"I'm humming like a revved up truck
"Never mind the odds I'm gonna try my luck with her
"Just tell me when you've had enough
"I'm dangerous cause I'm a fool for love
"
"You know you don't hit half bad
"For my love I will lay in the grave tonight
"Just wait until I catch my breath
"Gonna send you off to an early death
"
"I lie in the drifting snow
"Bleeding out as it covers me up
"If Spring comes before I'm found
"Just throw my bones in a hole in the ground
"
"I lost friends along my way
"I knew I'd need them eventually
"No I'm not afraid to die
"Just mad I left Big Jim alive
"
"I know I should've never looked back
"But you ain't gonna win a woman's heart like that
"I never should've called his bluff
"I was born to lose cause I'm a fool for love
"
"I stare into the endless sky
"And the sordid tale of my life go by
"I drift into the great unknown
"I really don't know where I'm going
"
I stare into the endless sky
And the sordid tale of my life go by
I drift into the great unknown
I really don't know where I'm going