I Rode With Fire Behind Me (Alt 1)

Didn’t ride out for gold or fame, Just a shadow and a borrowed name Ash on my coat, smoke in my grin — A past too black to ride back in

The wolf don’t follow — he walks beside We never begged, we never lied We ain’t alive, we ain’t at rest — We’re what the sun forgets out West

I rode with fire behind me, No mercy in my trail The dust remembers stories That the righteous never tell

I rode with fire behind me, And never once looked back The sky turned red, the devil fled — But I stayed on the track

They carved my sins into the stone, But stones don’t talk and I ride alone No preacher dared to speak my fate — He saw the smoke and sealed the gate

I don’t ask for your respect — Just step aside and watch what’s next 'Cause I’m the one the storms obey The ghost the West still burns each day

I rode with fire behind me, With wolves at every turn The law won’t ride, the saints all hide — But I still make it burn

I rode with fire behind me, No heaven left to chase I am the curse, I am the flame — That time could not erase

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