Black Roads Don’t Forgive

(Intro – slow, minor-key acoustic guitar, low slide guitar)

Verse 1

There’s a crow on the fence and a storm in the air

Boots by the door but nobody cares

Whiskey bottle bleeding dry

Same old lies, same goodbye

Verse 2

Truck won’t start, but my mind won’t rest

Gravel road pounding in my chest

She left town with the morning train

Left me here with the guilt and rain

Chorus

Yeah, these black roads don’t forgive

They remember how you live

Every sin, every lie you told

Carved in dust, carved in stone

I keep driving, but I don’t know where

When the night knows your name, it ain’t fair

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Verse 3

Church bell rings like a warning shot

Praying for peace that I ain’t got

Mama said, “Son, don’t run from truth”

But truth cuts deep when you’ve got nothing to lose

Pre-Chorus

The past don’t sleep, it just waits

By the gate, by the gate

Chorus

Yeah, these black roads don’t forgive

They remember how you live

Every sin, every lie you told

Carved in dust, carved in stone

I keep driving, but I don’t know where

When the night knows your name, it ain’t fair

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Bridge

If I stop, I’ll hear the screams

Of broken vows and dead-end dreams

So I ride this line ‘til the daylight bleeds

Hoping dawn forgets me

(Slide guitar moans)

Final Chorus

Yeah, these black roads don’t forgive

They don’t care how hard you live

Every prayer I never prayed

Every soul I pushed away

If redemption’s real, it’s hard to find

On a road that’s darker than my mind

Outro

(Fade – lone guitar, wind sound)

Black roads behind me… black roads ahead