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