I ran down the dark, empty street.

The only sounds I could hear were my rapid footsteps and the sirens in the distance.

It's all the same
Only the names will change
Everyday
It seems we're wastin' away

I knew I shouldn't have done it. I knew Melissa would be furious.

But was I supposed to just sit back and watch him take her from me?

Another place
Where the faces are so cold
I drive all night
Just to get back home

No. I couldn't. I needed Melissa.

But I'd made the wrong decision.

I could've just talked to her.

But no. I had to-

I sped up as the sirens came closer.

I'm a cowboy
On a steel horse I ride
I'm wanted
Dead or alive
Wanted
Dead or alive

I'm so stupid sometimes. Now I'll never get her back.

Sometimes I sleep
Sometimes it's not for days
The people I meet
Always go their separate ways

She's the only person who really understands me, the one that makes me want to wake up every morning, the girl who helps me with my problems, the beauty that I love…the woman I'd kill for.

Sometimes you tell the day
By the bottle that you drink
And times when you're alone
All you do is think

I needed her.

I'm a cowboy
On a steel horse I ride
I'm wanted
(Wanted)
Dead or alive
Wanted
(Wanted)
Dead or alive

But she wouldn't want me anymore--not after what I'd done.

Ohh
Alright
Ohh

But I couldn't live without her.

Oh I'm a cowboy
On a steel horse I ride
I'm wanted
(Wanted)
Dead or alive

I held the gun tightly as I hopped onto the wet sidewalk, then hurried through the damp grass into the park.

I knew she'd be there waiting for me, preparing her speech to break up with me so she could run into his arms and give him a long, passionate kiss.

But she couldn't now.

Because he was dead.

When I walk these streets
A loaded six string on my back
I play for keeps
'Cause I might not make it back

She was sitting on a bench when I flew past her. "Jackson, where are you going?"

"I'm sorry, Mel."

"For what?" She ran after me.

I came to a halt, trapped, standing under a streetlight, staring at the police, their guns drawn.

In a slow motion that seemed to last an eternity, I lifted my gun.

"Jackson!" Melissa shrieked.

I've been everywhere
(Ohh, yeah)
Still I'm standin' tall
I've seen a million faces
And I've rocked them all

I pulled the trigger, falling to the soaked grass as the bullet entered my head.

'Cause I'm a cowboy
On a steel horse I ride
I'm wanted
(Wanted)
Dead or alive

Thanks to all of my readers, especially jelissalover, WOODLAWNIAN, and taylor locklear.