When I woke up this morning   I found myself alone   I turned to touch her hair   But she was gone, she was gone   And there beside my pillow   Were her tears from the night before   She said "Give up your guns and face the law"       I robbed a bank in Tampa   And I thought I had it made   But the hounds picked up my trail   Within the 'Glades, so I ran   And I stumbled on this cabin   And she came to me once more   She said "Give up your guns and face the law"      I don't wanna leave her, I don't wanna die   Deep within a cold, cold grave   With no one 'round to cry   But I've got my pistol   Now it's time to choose   Shooting here, or hanging there   And either way, I lose       And now I'm in this cabin   Where my own true love should be   Instead, there lies a note   She wrote to me, and it says   "No, you can't live by the bullet   But you're sure as death can die   My love, give up your guns or say goodbye, goodbye"       And the sheriff now is calling   With his shotgun at my door   Son, give up your guns and face the law