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[INTRO – BOTH | slow, dark acoustic guitar, deep Southern groove]
[MALE – deep, rough]
I rode all night with the devil at my side,
Black dust on my boots, red moon in the sky.
I ain't asking Heaven, I ain't begging Hell,
I'm looking for the woman who knows me too well.
[FEMALE – warm, smoky, strong]
I heard your wheels long before you came,
Like a funeral train calling out my name.
You carried your sins through the cold and rain,
But I loved you once, and I'd love you again.
[BOTH – softly]
We were born where the black roads bend,
Two lost souls with no road's end.
[VERSE 2 – MALE | heavy drums enter]
I stole from the rich, I lied to the law,
Slept with a pistol beside my jaw.
Every town knows the outlaw I became,
But you were the only one who called my name.
[FEMALE]
You came home broken, half dead, half wild,
With a sinner's heart and a wounded child.
I washed your blood from the old front door,
Swore I'd never love a man like that no more.
[MALE]
But you did.
[FEMALE]
Lord help me, I did.
[CHORUS – BOTH | wide, heavy, gospel feel]
[MALE]
If I'm going down, baby, come with me,
Let the whole damn county hear our misery.
[FEMALE]
If you're going to Hell, I'll ride that road,
I ain't leaving you alone with your heavy load.
[BOTH]
Let the church bells ring, let the wild dogs howl,
Let the preacher curse this outlaw vow.
We got no clean hands, no place to hide,
But I'll die loving you—
[MALE]
—and I'll die by your side.
[BRIDGE – BOTH | music drops low]
[MALE]
If tomorrow comes with a hangman's rope—
[FEMALE]
I'll hold your hand when they take your hope.
[MALE]
If the sheriff comes riding before the dawn—
[FEMALE]
I'll kiss your mouth when the night is gone.
[BOTH – rising]
Ain't no angel gonna save our souls,
Ain't no preacher gonna make us whole.
Beneath this blood and bone,
We found a love we could call our own.
[FINAL CHORUS – BOTH | huge, emotional]
[MALE]
If I'm going down, baby, come with me—
[FEMALE]
I'll follow you where the black rivers bleed.
[MALE]
If Hell opens wide, let it swallow us whole—
[FEMALE]
I'll keep your heart when they come for your soul.
[BOTH]
Let the church bells ring, let the wild dogs howl,
We're still standing underneath that outlaw vow.
No clean hands, no Heaven tonight,
Just your hand in mine—
[MALE – whisper]
—and your eyes in the light.
[FEMALE – soft]
You were my darkest road.
[MALE]
You were my only home.
[BOTH – final chord]
And if love is a crime…
then let us die unknown.
[OUTRO – harmonica, slide guitar, wind fading]
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