Among the Willows

I been on the run most of my life
Started with petty crimes  
Now I run armed with a knife  
Been on the run from the drunk  
Who raised me with a belt  
Running from Johnny Law  
Been on the run from myself  
I hide away during the day  
I steal during the night  
My one and only friend  
Has been the half moonlight  
Well, there was this one night  
Things were going as planned  
I broke into the house  
Of the county's richest man  
Spending all his ill-earned money  
On women, cards and booze  
I told myself as I broke the window  
This ace-high man has nothing to lose  
I scoured through his drawers  
Ready to leave  
When something fragile hit the floor  
In came one of his women
And how loudly she did scream  
In walked the west's richest gambling man  
I was caught red-handed it seemed  
Unless I could silence them  
It was what I'd had to do  
Then I ran forever  
I ran three nights through  
I ran until I could see    
My wanted poster in the sky  
I dropped to my knees  
And for anyone who could hear, I cried  
To God or to the devil  
Whoever heard me first  
I fell to the desert floor  
And waited for the worst  
When the stars faded away  
And the sun began to rise  
I continued life on the run  
Being forever followed by God's eyes