Walkin' off the highway I'd been tryin' to catch a ride    Hungry and thirsty as a bear,    Not a penny in my pockets and I'd ran out of pride   So I thought I'd try to bum myself a beer.      When up stopped a well known posse starin' down at me   A big old shiny badge pinned on his vest   He said if you ain't got no money and you ain't got no job   Boy I'm placing you under arrest.      Or you can get out of town before sundown    And don't you never come back   Take your tambourine and your guitar string    And move on down the track.      Don't like the way that you comb your hair    The way you drawl you all   And if you're not out of town before sundown    You won't get out of town at all.      Well, I hitchhiked down to Phoenix I was following the sun   Prettiest place I think I've ever seen   I met a sweet young lady, but how was I to know   That pretty thing was only seventeen.      Then I saw the red lights gleamin'    And I heard the sirenes screamin'   A sound that fills the bravest hearts with fear   And that old sheriff didn't stutter    When to me those words he uttered   Boy don't let the sun set on you here.      You better get out of town before sundown...