" The Outlaw Way "

" The Outlaw Way"

(Verse 1)

I live my life the outlaw way

Whiskey burns the night, but it keeps the ghosts away

Hands stained red, and my soul’s pitch black

Once I ride out, son, I ain’t ridin’ back

I’ve left good women crying on the porch in the rain

Kissed ‘em slow, then I vanished like a runaway train

Every love I’ve known turned cold like stone

‘Cause I’m married to the road, and the road’s my home

(Chorus)

I’m a sinner with a six-gun, blood in my spit

Raised by the bottle, and I’ll die by it

The good Lord’s knockin’, but I won’t obey

I’ll burn in hell before I change my ways

(Verse 2)

I’ve seen the sun rise through prison bars

Felt the devil’s laugh in a smoke-filled car

Gambled my soul in a backroom deal

Lost my faith, but I kept my steel

I got a Bible in my saddlebag, covered in dust

Ain’t opened it since I learned not to trust

I pray to the wind and the rolling plains

‘Cause God don’t answer when you live in shame

(Chorus)

I’m a sinner with a six-gun, blood in my spit

Raised by the bottle, and I’ll die by it

The good Lord’s knockin’, but I won’t obey

I’ll burn in hell before I change my ways

(Bridge)

Some men fear death, some men fear the dark

Me? I fear a quiet heart

I’d rather go down in a blaze of lead

Than fade away in some clean white bed

(Verse 3) (half-spoken, half-sung)

I’ve been shot at, stabbed, and left for dead

Got a price on my soul, and a bounty on my head

If you see me ridin’ in with my eyes like coal

Best make your peace, son, and guard your soul

(Outro)

When they lay me down, don’t carve me a prayer

Just light a smoke and leave me there

In the cold, hard dirt where the outlaws stay

And let me rot the outlaw way