Borrowed Time Lyrics

(Richard Thompson) There's riders in this county They're taking heads for bounty Wake up Corinne, they come to ride us down Sweetness we have tasted The time to move is wasted They're riding like a hurricane through this town We've been too many nights sleeping in a feather bed You can't close both your eyes with a price on your head You got to stand and fight for what you believe You got to face death with your heart on your sleeve Life is a card-game, you've soon got to leave Living on borrowed, living on borrowed, living on borrowed time If you say that you want your freedom They'll hear you in every kingdom They'll travel ten thousand miles just to shoot you down Well the judge he was deluded And the sheriff he soon colluded And they swore they'd hang me six feet off the ground They'll hunt you down 'cos you dare to tell the truth A man ain't safe these days under his own roof But you can't live your life under no man's thumb They'll all pay double for what they've done Our day's coming but their day's come Living on borrowed, living on borrowed, living on borrowed time You can't live your life under no man's thumb They'll all pay double for what they've done Our day's coming but their day's come Living on borrowed, living on borrowed, living on borrowed time