Before the Devil Woke

“I rode out before the Devil woke… Figured I’d get a head start.”

Moon was hangin’ like a guilty grin, Stars looked down, all countin’ sin. The dust still warm from what I’d done, And I didn’t wait for the mornin’ sun.

The road don’t ask, it just takes tolls, Steals your peace, then eats your soul. But I had one last breath to spend, Before the chase began again.

Before the Devil woke, I was gone, Ridin’ through the break of dawn. No time for saints or what they spoke — I made my move before the Devil woke.

The wind was hummin’ psalms of ash, Ghosts of men I’d left in past. Their names still hang on the desert’s throat, But I keep movin’ — that’s my oath.

They say redemption rides at noon, But I’ll be long gone by that tune. Some debts you pay by stayin’ alive, And some just haunt you when you survive.

“He don’t chase the good or bad… Just the ones that got away.”

Before the Devil woke, I was gone, Shadow meltin’ into dawn. He’ll find my tracks, but not my smoke — I rode clean before the Devil woke.

Before the Devil woke, I rode free, Left my sins to follow me. The night still whispers every joke, But none laugh louder than the smoke. Yeah, I rode on — Before the Devil woke.

“He’s still sleepin’… I ain’t.”

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