The Man Behind the Gun - Hank Snow

They gave me the job of a sheriff

Because I’m good with a gun

Now how could I ever refuse them

They really needed someone

I tried to explain to my baby

But still she left me one day

She said she’d return to me only

When I threw my six gun away

And I’m not suppose to be lonely

To need or love anyone

I’m just suppose to be only

The man behind the gun

Then one day she sent me a letter

She said I want you to know

I miss you and my heart is breakin'

I love you and I need you so

The stage it was leavin' next mornin'

I’d be on that stage without fail

Than someone shot ol' Jimmy Taylor

And I took out on his trail

But I’m not suppose to be lonely

To need or love anyone

I’m just suppose to be only

The man behind the gun

Well, three weeks it took I remember

Before I tracked the man down

And when I returned with the pris’nor

It was the talk of the town

To late to go to my baby

They buried her deep in the clay

I spend all these hours in the saddle

And I draw a heartache for pay

(But he’s not suppose to be lonely

To need or love anyone)

I’m just suppose to be only

The man behind the gun

(The man behind the gun)