[Verse 1]
He rode in the dusk with the devil’s own grin,
Dust on his boots and blood on his skin.
A shadow that lingered, a ghost in the sky,
They say the world shudders whenever cowboys die.
[Verse 2]
A preacher once told him to lay down his gun,
But mercy’s a fool in the eyes of the sun.
He laughed at redemption, spit on goodbye,
Left nothing but ruin whenever cowboys die.
[Chorus]
Whenever cowboys die, the cold wind takes their name,
The mountains stay silent, the rivers won’t reclaim.
No prayers can reach them, no stars in the night,
Just the endless horizon whenever cowboys die.
[Verse 3]
The sheriff had warned him, the noose wouldn’t wait,
But a man like him won’t bow to his fate.
They found him at dawn where the vultures fly,
A legend forgotten whenever cowboys die.
[Chorus]
Whenever cowboys die, the cold wind takes their name,
The mountains stay silent, the rivers won’t reclaim.
No prayers can reach them, no stars in the night,
Just the endless horizon whenever cowboys die.
[Bridge]
No grave can hold him, no stone can define,
The sins of an outlaw who ran out of time.
His ghost rides the canyons, his shadow runs dry,
Eternal and empty, whenever cowboys die.
[Outro]
The West keeps its secrets, the past never lies,
And the sky grows colder whenever cowboys die.