No One Cried When I Died - Outlaw

Intro Eight people came to bury me. Two of 'em were paid.

Verse 1 The preacher didn't know me Said "a complicated man" That's preacher-talk, politely For exactly what I am One fella came to check the box Shades on at the grave The digger smoked through half the psalm And nobody misbehaved

Chorus No one cried when I died Not a tear hit the pine I kept the world at a fence line And the world was wise to mine They watched the hole close over Like you'd watch a storm go by No one cried when I died And hell — neither did I

Verse 2 I was the man you called at 2 a.m. When the law wouldn't do I never asked a question And I never lied to you They feared me into Sunday They thanked me out the back Respect and love look similar Till they lower you in black

Chorus No one cried when I died Not a tear hit the pine I kept the world at a fence line And the world was wise to mine They watched the hole close over Like you'd watch a storm go by No one cried when I died And hell — neither did I

Bridge Then the diggers dropped their shovels 'Cause one man wouldn't leave Work boots, hat in his hands Standing in the graveyard weeds I knew him — the Ratliff boy Pulled him from the Cane in '99 Told him, boy, you keep this quiet And he kept it all this time And he cried Lord, that big man cried One man cried when I died One was all it took One tear from an honest man Can balance a whole book So haul your flowers back to town Tell 'em how I never smiled One man cried when I died And hell — that's more than I

Outro One is plenty. Always was.

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