THE HAND OF FATE IS ON ME NOW IT PICKED ME UP AND IT KNOCKED ME DOWN I'M ON THE RUN I'M PRISON BOUND THE HAND OF FATE IS A HEAVY NOW I KILLED A MAN I'M HIGHWAY BOUND THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE KEEPS TURNING ROUND KEEPS A TURNIN ROUND KEEPS A TURNIN ROUND I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN IT WAS A ONE HORSE TOWN CAUSE MY SWEET GIRL WAS ONCE HIS WIFE AND HE HAD PAPERS THAT THE JUDGE HAD SIGNED THE WIND BLEW HARD IT WAS A STORMY NIGHT HE SHOT ME ONCE BUT I SHOT HIM TWICE THE HAND OF FATE IS ON ME NOW IT PICKED ME UP AND IT KICKED ME RIGHT DOWN IT KICKED ME RIGHT DOWN IT KICKED ME RIGHT DOWN
I HAD TO SAVE HER LIFE YEH I GUNNED HIM TWICE YEH AND I WATCHED HIM DIE WATCH OUT BOY YEH I WATCHED HIM DIE
HE WAS A BARROOM MAN THE VIOLENT KIND HE HAD NO LOVE FOR THAT GAL OF MINE AND THEN ONE DAY IN A DRINKIN BOUT HE SWORE HE'D THROW ME RIGHT OUT OF TOWN THE HAND OF FATE IS ON ME NOW I SHOT THAT MAN I PUT HIM UNDERGROUND I PUT HIM UNDERGROUND I PUT HIM UNDERGROUND YES I DID
I'M ON THE RUN I HEAR THE HOUNDS MY LUCK IS UP MY CHIPS ARE DOWN SO GOODBYE BABY SO LONG NOW WISH ME LUCK I'M GOING TO NEED IT CHILD THE HAND OF FATE IS ON ME NOW YEH IT'S TOO LATE BABY IT'S TOO LATE BABY IT'S TOO LATE NOW THE HAND OF FATE IS ON ME NOW OH YEH mm YEH YES IT IS THE HAND OF FATE HANGS A HEAVY NOW IT'S A HEAVY NOW HEAVY NOW THE HAND OF FATE IS A HEAVY NOW (Instrumental) IT PICKED ME UP AND IT KNOCKED ME DOWN IT PICKED ME UP AND IT KNOCKED ME DOWN
