THEY'RE HANGING ME TONIGHT
(Art Wolfe / Jimmy Lowe)


Marty Robbins - 1959
Jeremy Gluck - 1987
The White Rope - 1988
Johnny Bush - 2000






When I hear the rain a-comin' down
It makes me sad and blue
Was on a rainy night like this
That Flo said we were through

I told her how I loved her 
And I begged her not to go
But another man had changed her mind
So I said goodbye to Flo

Alone within my cell tonight 
My heart is filled with fear
The only sound within the room 
Is the falling of each tear

I think about the thing I've done
I know it wasn't right
They'll bury Flo tomorrow
But they're hangin' me tonight
They're hangin' me tonight

That night he came and took my Flo
And headed into town
I knew I had to find this man 
And try to gun him down

As I walked by a dim cafe 
And I looked through the door
I saw my Flo with her new love
And I couldn't stand no more
I couldn't stand no more

I took my pistol from my hip 
And with a tremblin' hand
I took the life of pretty Flo 
And that good for nothin' man
That good for nothin' man

I think about the thing I've done
I know it wasn't right
They'll bury Flo tomorrow
But they're hangin' me tonight
They're hangin' me tonight 







(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2011)