Well I wrote a story  Got put in the paper  About all the bridges I'd burned  For the last part I lied  But you know it don't matter  Cause I'll print anything that you served    And if I was a shadow  On a long lonely gallow  That hang me and pull off my lip  Cause making up stories was all I could do  And you know that the truth ain't worth shit    That so much has happened  I ran with the union  And the ink never dried with the grass  Well the numbers got plenty  I assure you that many  Had been added by me for a gas    And if I was a shadow  On a long lonely gallow  That hang me and cut off my lip  Cause making up stories was all I could do  And you know that the truth ain't worth shit    My home was the scene  Or a quarrelsome marriage  That flared up whenever i spoke  So i brought her some letters  Washed down in adventure  And my bed would be lonely no more    And if I was a shadow  On a long lonely gallow  That hang me and cut off my lip  Cause making up stories was all I could do  And you know that the truth ain't worth shit    And if I was a shadow  On a long lonely gallow  That hang me and cut off my lip  Cause making up stories was all I could do  And you know that the truth ain't worth shit    And if I was a shadow  On a long lonely gallow  That hang me and cut off my lip  Cause making up stories was all I could do  And you know that the truth ain't worth shit    (Thanks Martina for these lyrics)