[Intro] Two brothers rode the trail side by side One was an Outlaw, One a Marshall with pride Two men with a bond cast in iron and gold Destined for sorrow as their story unfolds [Verse 1] Time OH it flows like a river The Outlaw settled and found his home With a woman her eyes like emerald And their children worth more to him than gold [Verse 2] The Marshall his time was empty He never found love his badge was his life His heart ached for the gaze of emeralds And he long held a desire for the Outlaw's wife [chorus 1] Oh the shame that fills the sinner In a jealous man with secrets in the night Once refused the Marshal's heart grew bitter And he took his aim at the outlaw's wife [Verse 3] The outlaw arrived to the gunsmoke No iron to grip on his side He gathered his son and his daughter And he swore that the marshal would die [Verse 4] Oh Those shots rang through the desert Four souls left low in the sand The Marshal knelt down by the outlaw And put his ivory-handled colt in his hand [Chorus 2] Oh the shame that fills the sinner In a jealous man with secrets in the night The Marshal swore the outlaw was the killer And he gunned him down defending his life [Instrumental] [Outro] Oh the shame that fills the sinner In a jealous man with secrets in the night
