Beggin’ God

(INTRO )

Devil on my shoulder cut the angel down

Left me ridin’ midnight roads through a broke-ass town

Chrome pipes cryin’ like a widow in the rain

One hand on the throttle, one hand on the pain

Got bourbon breath and smoke in my lungs

Still hear my daddy sayin’, “Boy don’t run”

But the law got dirty and the suits all lied

Now I wear my scars like a rebel flag inside

(VERSE 1 )

I was born where the coal dust settles in your veins

Raised on old war stories and outlaw names

Mama prayed hard but the preacher drank too

Everybody got sins when the world turns cruel

I crossed state lines with a pistol and a grin

Dodgin’ blue lights while the wind cut skin

Government took what they swore they’d protect

Let poor men bleed while the rich cash checks

Still got brothers overseas in the dirt and flames

And if they call my number, hell I’ll still take aim

Cause I love this land even if it don’t love me

That’s the curse of a man born wild and free

(CHORUS )

I’m a hell raisin’ ghost on an old machine

American thunder with a heart too mean

Bourbon in the bloodstream, smoke in the sky

Still salute the flag while the system lies

Devil ridin’ shotgun every mile I roam

Can’t outrun the sins that follow me home

But I’ll die standin’ tall before I live on my knees

Just a lost outlaw beggin’ God for peace

(VERSE 2)

Now it’s cheap motel room and a cracked-up bible

Backroad county with survival on idle

Tank runnin’ low but the rage burns hot

Still chasin’ freedom with everything I got

I seen rich men hide while the poor boys fight

Seen folded flags under courthouse lights

And I swear sometimes when the night gets cold

I can hear dead souls through the radio

(CHORUS)

I’m a hell raisin’ ghost on an old machine

American thunder with a heart too mean

Bourbon in the bloodstream, smoke in the sky

Still salute the flag while the system lies

Devil ridin’ shotgun every mile I roam

Can’t outrun the sins that follow me home

But I’ll die standin’ tall before I live on my knees

Just a lost outlaw beggin’ God for peace

(BRIDGE )

So light another cigarette and pour another round

Cause freedom’s just a word when you’re six feet down

I ain’t scared of hell, hell knows my name

Been dancing with demons since the day I came

If heaven’s got a highway maybe I’ll get in

But the devil keeps smilin’ every time I sin

And the roar of this Harley is the only hymn I need

While America burns slow beneath me

(OUTRO)

Devil on my shoulder where the angel used to be

Moonlight on the blacktop callin’ out to me

And when my final ride disappears in the night

Just bury me with my boots and let the engine die