it was cold a good time to go
my heart was a brick that broke the smile
the wind was blowin' and so were you
with her as the sun in my eyes
and tainted shades to block her sight
i cocked the gun

i went back to hold up the deal
it was a minute or two before high noon
i knew it was coming soon
i grew restless and you got bored
i never took on a dirty job
i was so dead self-assured

it was time we had to say goodbye
it saved our souls but it took your life

i went back from dead end street
i was pullin' my own strings
there was noone else to tell me how
i walked alone to noone's home
stood before the man who let me in
and showed me my room

i went back to hold up the deal
it was a minute or two before high noon
i knew it will end soon
i grew painfully aware
that the dirty job took me on and
left me dead but self-assured

it was time we had to say goodbye
it saved our souls but it took your life