I was dealin' up and down the highway
  Till they caught me with a heavy load
  They sentenced me to hard labor
  Workin' on the side of the road
  Now I don't deny I was guilty
  And I know I broke the law
  I was hungry and broke and couldn't see no hope
  And my back was up against the wall
  
  Now I'm right outside your window
  Honey open up and let me in
  I broke out of jail this mornin'
  And I ain't never goin' back again
  I just had to stop by for a minute
  And I can't stay long at all
  'Cause I gotta run you see I'm under the gun
  And my back is up against the wall
  
  I was shackled to a three-time loser
  A man named Jefferson
  One night we got to talkin'
  And I asked him what he'd done
  He said a man fell over my razor
  In the middle of a barroom brawl
  But don't you see it was him or me
  And my back was up against the wall
  
  Now I'm right outside your window
  Honey open up and let me in
  I broke out of jail this mornin'
  And I ain't never goin' back again
  I just had to stop by for a minute
  And I can't stay long at all
  'Cause I gotta run you see I'm under the gun
  And my back is up against the wall
  
  Now I'm right outside your window
  Honey open up and let me in
  I broke out of jail this mornin'
  And I ain't never goin' back again
  I just had to stop by for a minute
  And I can't stay long at all
  'Cause I gotta run you see I'm under the gun
  And my back is up against the wall
  I gotta run you see I'm under the gun
  And my back is up against the wall
  Yeah I gotta run you see I'm under the gun
  And my back is up against the wall