Mama never understood what itâs like for a losinâ man.When her number-one son goes bad playinâ cards with the devilâs hand.Boy, Daddy got real sick so quick ******* never understand.I was the one who got good with the gun, took the money from the rich manâs hand.Gimme some water!âCause I shot a man on the Mexican border.Cool, cool waterâ¦Gimme some water.I need a little waterâ¦Jimmy grew up so fast, then he met me at the pass one day,Said, âYouâre a wanted man â Take your brotherâs hand âIâd be runninâ with you anyway.âSo we rode late in the night like the fires of the desert sandTill one day the posse caught us âcause the sherriff always gets his man.Gimme some water!âCause I killed a man on the Mexican border.Cool, cool waterâ¦I need a little waterâ¦Oh, Jeez, I just canât loose my hands!Iâve run just as fast as my legs can!But, Lord, I got no room to run!Shouldnât a done what I did with that there gun!Hey, hey, yeah!Gimme some water!âCause I killed a man on the Mexican border.Cool, cool waterâ¦Canât you⦠see that long white ropeHanginâ from the hangmanâs tree?Take the restless horse â tie my hands, of course -Tell my mother that Iâm finally free.Let me die like a man no one understands âLet me pray â Let a poor man pray!Smack that horse in the ass.With my last, dyinâ gasp, my brother could hear me say,âGimme some water!ââCause I shot a man on the Mexican border.Cool, cool waterâ¦Gimme some water.Gimme some water!âCause I shot a man on the Mexican border.Cool, cool waterâ¦Gimme some water!Gimme some water!âCause I shot a man on the Mexican border.Cool, cool waterâ¦Gimme some water!Gimme some water!âCause I killed a man on the Mexican border.Cool, sweet waterâ¦Gimme some water!