I was dealin' up and down the highwaynTill they caught me with a heavy loadnThey sentenced me to hard labornWorkin' on the side of the roadnNow I don't deny I was guiltynAnd I know I broke the lawnI was hungry and broke and couldn't see no hopenAnd my back was up against the wallnnNow I'm right outside your windownHoney open up and let me innI broke out of jail this mornin'nAnd I ain't never goin' back againnI just had to stop by for a minutenAnd I can't stay long at alln'Cause I gotta run you see I'm under the gunnAnd my back is up against the wallnnI was shackled to a three-time losernA man named JeffersonnOne night we got to talkin'nAnd I asked him what he'd donenHe said a man fell over my razornIn the middle of a barroom brawlnBut don't you see it was him or menAnd my back was up against the wallnnNow I'm right outside your windownHoney open up and let me innI broke out of jail this mornin'nAnd I ain't never goin' back againnI just had to stop by for a minutenAnd I can't stay long at alln'Cause I gotta run you see I'm under the gunnAnd my back is up against the wallnnNow I'm right outside your windownHoney open up and let me innI broke out of jail this mornin'nAnd I ain't never goin' back againnI just had to stop by for a minutenAnd I can't stay long at alln'Cause I gotta run you see I'm under the gunnAnd my back is up against the wallnI gotta run you see I'm under the gunnAnd my back is up against the wallnYeah I gotta run you see I'm under the gunnAnd my back is up against the wall