Wanted Poster
Outlaws' Lament: Tales of Redemption in 6 Gun Justice's 'Wanted Poster'
Lyrics
The nights are cold up in these hills
The nights in the hills are cold.
And without a fire there's a quite a chill
Without a fire, it becomes quite chilly.
Too edgy to sleep too tired to tell
Feeling too restless to sleep and too fatigued to express.
If that rustle was a rabbit or the gates of hell
Uncertain whether a rustling sound is caused by a rabbit or something ominous.
O mother you'd be ashamed
Expressing regret to the speaker's mother about their current situation.
If you saw the money on my name
If the mother saw the illicit money associated with the speaker.
When I was a boy dreaming of being older
Reflecting on childhood dreams of maturity.
I never saw my face printed on a wanted poster
The speaker never anticipated seeing their face on a wanted poster.
I'm not saying I fell on bad luck
Asserting that the speaker didn't simply encounter bad luck.
And I can't claim I was a good young buck
Admitting that the speaker wasn't a virtuous youth.
But now I see all the errors of my ways
Realization of past mistakes.
And now it's far too late
Regretting that it's now too late to rectify those mistakes.
O mother you'd be ashamed
Expressing regret to the speaker's mother about their current situation (repeated).
If you saw the money on my name
If the mother saw the illicit money associated with the speaker (repeated).
When I was a boy dreaming of being older
Reflecting on childhood dreams of maturity (repeated).
I never saw my face printed on a wanted poster
The speaker never anticipated seeing their face on a wanted poster (repeated).
O mother you'd be ashamed
Expressing regret to the speaker's mother about their current situation (repeated).
If you saw the money on my name
If the mother saw the illicit money associated with the speaker (repeated).
When I was a boy dreaming of being older
Reflecting on childhood dreams of maturity (repeated).
I never saw my face printed on a wanted poster
The speaker never anticipated seeing their face on a wanted poster (repeated).
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