I Hung My Head

Song I Hung My Head
Artist Sting
Album Symphonicities

Lyrics

[03:41.76][00:38.73] Early one morning
[03:44.98][00:41.28] With time to kill
[00:44.14] I borrowed Jeb's rifle
[00:46.76] And sat on the hill
[00:49.47] I saw a lone rider
[04:01.32][00:52.14] Crossing the plain
[00:54.83] I drew a bead on him
[00:57.51] To practice my aim
[01:27.35][01:00.62] My brother's rifle
[01:03.03] Went off in my hand
[01:05.80] A shot rang out
[01:08.43] Across the land
[01:11.08] The horse he kept running
[01:13.75] The rider was dead
[05:00.58][04:58.06][04:55.25][04:52.56][04:49.99][04:47.25][04:44.42][04:41.56][04:38.93][04:36.27][04:33.65][04:30.77][04:28.21][04:25.57][04:22.77][04:20.18][03:17.88][03:15.11][03:12.42][03:09.72][02:07.74][02:04.92][02:02.38][01:59.64][01:19.13][01:16.45] I hung my head
[01:22.40] I set off running
[01:24.63] To wake from the dream
[01:30.03] Went into the stream
[01:32.66] I kept on running
[01:35.42] Into the salt lands
[01:38.08] And that's where they found me
[01:40.75] My head in my hands
[01:43.80] The sheriff he asked me
[01:46.33] Why had I run
[01:48.97] Then it came to me
[01:51.75] Just what I had done
[01:54.33] And all for no reason
[01:56.77] Just one piece of lead
[02:32.36] Here in the courthouse
[02:34.70] The whole town is there
[02:37.44] I see the judge
[02:39.98] High up in his chair
[02:42.84] "Explain to the courtroom
[02:45.54] What went through your mind
[02:48.19] And we'll ask the jury
[02:50.90] What verdict they find"
[02:54.01] I said "I felt the power
[02:56.37] Of death over life
[02:59.13] I orphaned his children
[03:01.82] I widowed his wife
[03:04.45] I beg their forgiveness
[03:07.04] I wish I was dead"
[03:47.92] I see the gallows
[03:50.46] Up on the hill
[03:53.13] And out in the distance
[03:55.91] A trick of the brain
[03:58.54] I see a lone rider
[04:04.10] He's come to fetch me
[04:06.67] To see what they done
[04:09.32] We'll ride together
[04:12.00] 'Til kingdom come
[04:14.68] I pray for God's mercy
[04:17.56] For soon I'll be dead