It hurts to be told when you're not very old That you're an outlaw's son And the older you get they won't let you forget That you're the son of a gun a bad bad gun you son of a gun And then you'll meet someone so sweet and she says her heart you've won But her old dad get's awfuly mad She'll marry no son of a gun a bad bad gun the son of a gun
One day her dad must face a bad a bad outlaw with a gun You're quick on the draw and you saved her pa You no good son of a gun a bad bad gun you son of a gun Now everyone who is someone smiles at the outlaw's son You're one of the crowd her dad's so proud She'll marry the son of a gun a bad bad gun the son of a gun She'll marry the son of a gun