Last Laugh of a Dead Man

Yeah… You can bury the body, But you can’t bury the noise it made.

They said I’d fade when the dust got deep, But the ground don’t hold what it can’t keep. Put me down, thought I’d stay gone — Now the wind hums my name in song.

I lost my soul, but I found my grin, You can’t kill what won’t stay in.

I’m the last laugh of a dead man, Still smilin’ through the flame. You can steal my breath, but not my brand, Still ridin’ under my name. Yeah, the last laugh of a dead man — He don’t break, he don’t plead, He just grins at the devil, And lets the silence bleed.

I’ve been cursed and I’ve been crowned, Both feel the same underground. Truth got teeth, but so do I, And I bite back before goodbye.

The grave don’t scare, the dark don’t bite, I’ve been there — didn’t like the light.

I’m the last laugh of a dead man, Still walkin’ past the line. You can cut me down or call me sin, But the echoes still sound fine. Yeah, the last laugh of a dead man — Won’t fade, won’t bend, I died once for the story — Now I live for the end.

Yeah, I dance on my own tombstone, With boots too proud to crack. Every time you say my name, I just grin and come right back.

I’m the last laugh of a dead man, Still hummin’ through the clay. You can burn my map, but not my plan — I still ride my own damn way. Yeah, the last laugh of a dead man, Still echoes through the sand — Hell shook my hand once, But I shook it back again.

Heh… Guess the joke’s on you.

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