The hand of fate is on me now   It pick me up and knock me down   I'm on the run, I'm prison bound   The hand of fate is heavy now   I killed a man, I'm highway bound   The wheel of fortune keeps turning round   Turning round, turning round   I should have known it was a one horse town      My sweet girl was once his wife   He had papers the judge had signed   The wind blew hard, it was stormy night   He shot me once, but I shot him twice   The hand of fate is on me now   It pick me up and it kicked me right down   Kicked me right down   Kicked me right down      I had to save her life   Yeah, I gunned him twice   Yeah, and I watched him die, watch out boy   Yeah, I watched him die      He was a barroom man, the violent kind   He had no love for that gal of mine   Then one day in a drinking bout   He swore he'd throw me right of town   The hand of fate is on me now   I shot that man I put him underground   I put him underground   Yes I did      I'm on the run, I hear the hounds   My luck is up, my chips are down   So goodbye baby, so long now   Wish me luck, I'm going to need it child   The hand of fate is on me now   Yeah it's too late   Too late baby, too late now   The hand of fate is on me now   The hand of fate is heavy now      It pick you up and knock you down