They're Hanging Me Tonight

When I hear the rain a-comin' down, it makes me sad and blue

Was on a rainy night like this, that Flo said we were through

I told her how I loved her, and I begged her not to go

But another man had changed her mind, so I said goodbye to Flo

Alone within my cell tonight, my heart is filled with fear

The only sound within the room is the falling of each tear

I think about the thing I've done, I know it wasn't right

They'll bury Flo tomorrow, but they're hanging me tonight

They're hanging me tonight

That night, he came and took my Flo and headed in to town

I knew I had to find this man and try to gun him down

As I walked by a dim café, and I looked through the door

I saw my Flo with her new love, and I couldn't stand no more

I couldn't stand no more

I took my pistol from my hip and with a trembling hand

I took the life of pretty Flo and that good for nothin' man

That good for nothin' man

I think about the thing I've done, I know it wasn't right

They'll bury Flo tomorrow, but they're hanging me tonight

They're hanging me tonight