There never was a man so doggone mean I wore only black and my eyes were green And I can tell you now that I'm very old I'd kill any man for a piece of gold [Chorus:] Oh what a life I've led I've been a real bad man and I oughta be dead Oh what a life I've led I've been real mean man, full of cheating and lying Left a lot of men dead and a lot of girls crying Yes I did I rode into Dodge on a sunny day I went there to steal all the railmen's pay And when I left town all the streets ran red I had ten grand in gold, and three guards lay dead [Chorus] I was a bad man with a heart made of stone If you were a wise man, you would've left me alone I've lived all my life, such a lonely one Just me and my horse and a fine six-gun I've lived and I've loved and I knew great pain But I know now I'd do it over again Singing [Chorus 2x]