I didn't wanna shoot that man but he heard that I was fast You know that liquour give you the courage to put a man to the ground But nobody saw, I couldn't claim no self-defense So I took off with the morning Sun, running from my sins I ended up in every town where all the bad men go And they've been runnin just like me, someone always knows They say: Ain’t you the man who shot that boy? And want his turn to dance So there I die in some street that night, no I never had a chance Never meant to be a bad man, I just had a fast hand Ain’t gonna be nothing in hell I haven’t lived through here I'm just gonna walk out and wish you all goodnight I never meant to be a bad man I just had a fast hand I ended up in Fort Worth ‘cause no one knows me here And time has a funny way of taking away the years I don’t mind the changes or the age that's in my face Because there’s a piece of my soul In every man I've killed, in every godforsaken place Never meant to be a bad man I just had a fast hand Ain't gonna be nothing in hell I haven’t lived through here I'm just gonna walk out, yeah tonight I'll save your life I never meant to be a bad man I just had a fast hand I didn't wanna shoot that man but he heard that I was fast