Devil dont ride in fords

Verse 1

Swamp fog risin’ off the delta grave

Mama’s cross hangin’ where the wind won’t behave

Saw a man in black with a Bible in flame

Said “you’re born with a curse, boy, not just a name”

Chorus

The devil don’t ride in Fords, he walks

Barefoot through the pines where the cypress talks

You’ll hear him hummin’ in the whippoorwill’s cry

He don’t need no gas when the moon runs high

Verse 2

Barbed wire grin, blood in the moonshine

Sheriff went missin’ back in ‘89

Folks say justice sleeps in the chapel dust

But I saw it grinnin’ in the rearview rust

Bridge

Cain’s mark carved in the courthouse door

Chains in the creek still rattle folklore

If you hear three knocks, don’t open no gate—

That ain’t salvation, that’s a trap in wait

Chorus (repeat)

The devil don’t ride in Fords, he walks

Barefoot through the pines where the cypress talks

You’ll hear him hummin’ in the whippoorwill’s cry

He don’t need no gas when the moon runs high

Outro

So lock your love and bury the key—

Some roads lead home, some just don’t leave

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