Moon Don’t Shine on Men Like Me

Boot prints lost in blood and snow, No name left for the wind to know My horse don’t flinch, my heart don’t beat — I ride with ghosts I never meet

The moon sees all, but turns away From men like me who can’t be saved No prayer can stitch what I became, Just cursed earth and a borrowed name

Moon don’t shine on men like me We ride where light won’t ever be The stars look down, but they don’t speak — The silence howls, the silence sees

Left my blood on canyon walls Each sin I earned, each vow that falls The wolf beside me don’t judge nor lie — Just walks in step and waits to die

They carved my soul with rusted steel, But mercy ain’t a thing I feel I ain’t the devil, not quite free — Just something dead that used to be

Moon don’t shine on men like me Just dirt, and death, and memory No preacher ever looked my way — The dark was home before the grave

Moon don’t shine on men like me No light, no god, no destiny Just dust behind, and eyes ahead — I ride with wolves and count the dead

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