sling your hook in with him baby
he's a real sharp-shooter now
if he's out there hiding in the tall grass
tell him I said I was a coward

this ain't any old western honey
it's the twentieth century now
but if he thinks he's some kinda tough cowboy
and he's hurt her then I wanna know how

did he shoot her
with his compromise
like a heart attack
he can paralyse
or did he hang her in a noose
on the telephone line?

did he shoot her
with a 45
did he leave his mark
right between her eyes
oh did he shoot that girl
that used to be mine?

tell him I'm ready any time he chooses
the pay-off for the things, for the things he's done
he ain't messin' with no two-bit bandit
armed with a couple of guns

if he wants to see it as a two-reel movie
he's livin' in the head of someone else
but better take him down and dust him honey
I wanna hear the truth for myself

did he shoot her
with his compromise
like a heart attack
he can paralyse
or did he hang her in a noose
on the telephone line?

did he shoot her
with a 45
did he leave his mark
right between her eyes
oh did he shoot that girl
that used to be mine?