What Goes Around, Comes Around

I gave Cassidy a rose to buy forgiveness And paid handsomely for those that we laid low The ransom fee couldn't find me a witness So I bought a one-way ticket to the furthest place I could go I tried my hand at riding with the James gang And left my brother Billy on the railroad But I got bored of living life though a window pane I played hands with those whose debts that we still owed Rags to riches, fortune and fame Burn your bridges and fan the flames You'll never get to live this down until you end up in the ground But what goes around, comes around For 15 years I was minding my own business In a traveling band with that dustbowl ballad sound But sometimes I still miss the seasickness You can read my letters but keep your ear to the ground And they tell me someone came to my defense He wasn't one of my family and he wasn't one of my friends You know it's time that you leave town before the lawmen track you down What goes around, comes around Now you may think I've done things against other's wishes But I promise you that I'm a peaceful man If you've come here trying to find forgiveness You better turn around and get out while you still can Bank notes and gun smoke filling the air Hangmen with spare rope appearing everywhere You know it's time that you leave town before they put you in the ground What goes around, comes around