It was in alexandria that I took my first life
He had it out for me from the beginning
So I carried a knife
It was long and shiny like a silvery tooth
They say only dead men still tell the truth

Chorus:
Trade your pistol for a coffin
And crows will dig your grave
They say I shot a man for nothin
And for you I'll do the same
Cuz I'm the man with no name

I was in dallas texas when I bought my first gun
Around the time I left home and went on the run
They were hot on my heels by the time I turned twenty-five
I remember singin 'back in black' when I broke through that line

Now I travel the western worlds when the desert sun is high
With a belly full of iron and a double-barrel full of fire and ice
The trail of my cigarette marks the places I've been
I'm a man without a home the whisper of the wind