They used to call me lightning, I was always quick to strike

Had everything I own in the saddles on my back

I had a reputation for never staying very longJust like a wild and restless drifter, like a cowboy in a song

I met a dark-haired beauty where they lay the whiskey down

In southern Arizona, in a little border town

She had to dance for money in that dusty old saloon

I dropped a dollar in the jukebox, played that girl a tune, yeah

Never see it comin′, it just hits you by surprise

It's that cold place in your soul and that fire in her eyes

That makes you come together like wild horses when they run

Now the cards are on the table and the bullets in the gun, yeah

She was sittin′ on my lap, we still had shots to kill

When a man pulled up, who owned the bar, in a Cadillac de Ville

Grabbed her by her raven hair and threw her in the floor

Said, "No free rides for the cowboys, that ain't what I pay you for, no"

She jumped up and grabbed my pistol, stuck it in the fat man's back

Said, "Open up the safe and put your money in the sack"

Tied his hands behind him, and put a blindfold on his eyes

If you′re dumb enough to chase us man, you dumb enough to die

Never see it comin′, it just hits you by surprise

It's that cold place in your soul and that fire in her eyes

That makes you come together, like wild horses when they run

Now the cards are on the table and the bullets in the gun, yeah

We rode across the border, down into Mexico

When you′re runnin' from the law, ain′t that where everybody goes?

We came to a town with a name I couldn't spell

She gave me what I came for in that Mexican motel

I woke up to sirens and the sound of running feet

There were 50 Federales locked and loaded in the street

She grabbed my 44, I grabbed the money in the sack

She kissed me for the last time and we headed out the back

Every gun was on us and every heartbeat pounded

There′s only thing left to do when they got you all surrounded

She fired that old pistol but we didn't stand a prayer

Money hit the gravel, bullets filled the air

You never see it comin', just hits you by surprise

It′s that cold place in your soul and that fire in her eyes

It makes you come together, like wild horses when they run

Now the cards are on the table and the bullets in the gun

Bullets in the gun

Bullets in the gun

Bullets in the gun