desert night under lonely stars crusing down the highway takes me farther from home whiskey and regret neither can erase the fact that i have done wrong so now i'm on the run the law is on my trail let down the only girl that ever seemed to be the one for me, so now i wander alone alone in a cheap motel room praying to the Lord above burden of the past rests so heavy on my shoulders my conscience carries the weight of blood cigarette smoke and shadow a neon cactus in the night did what i did because i thought that i had no choice, but there's always another way i look to the moon and stars, somewhere underneath them she's there never spoke the words of love i hid in my heart if she heard them now would she still care? wonder if she's thinking of me? does she hate me for what i've done? how i wish that i could change everything and go back now that my last chance is gone it's gone moon, will you tell her for me, i'm sorry for all the trouble that i've caused if only i could find a way to return to her someday, for i long to hold her in my arms but i fear that i'm not long for this world, because i will not go out without a fight i'm running forever and if they should catch me one last thought of her before my gun is fired