Dust, Iron, and a Grudge
TitanChord
Intro
Folks ask me what a man needs out here.
I only ever carried three things.
Verse 1
Don't need a badge, don't need a name
Don't need a woman waitin' by a light
Traded all my soft years for the game
And the game only pays a man in spite
Got sand in my teeth and a debt in my chest
A pistol that's older than the town
The law rode out, said "good luck with the rest" —
So I keep my own kind of order 'round
Chorus
Dust, iron, and a grudge
That's all a man like me needs
The law gave up, so did the judge
Now the desert keeps the deeds
Verse 2
They wrote me off in every county line
Put my face on paper, called me through
But paper burns and posses run out of time
And a grudge, well — a grudge sees a thing through
Chorus
Dust, iron, and a grudge
That's all a man like me needs
The law gave up, so did the judge
Now the desert keeps the deeds
Bridge
You can outrun a lawman, outrun a rope
Outrun the stories they tell at night
But you can't outrun a man who quit on hope —
He's got nothin' left to lose but the fight
Dust, iron, and a grudge
That's all a man like me needs
The law gave up, so did the judge
Now the desert keeps the deeds
Outro
Dust settles. The grudge don't.
Timing is estimated — lines are spaced evenly across the track.
Dust, Iron, and a Grudge
By TitanChord · Western Hard Rock
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Lyrics
Intro Folks ask me what a man needs out here. I only ever carried three things.
Verse 1 Don't need a badge, don't need a name Don't need a woman waitin' by a light Traded all my soft years for the game And the game only pays a man in spite Got sand in my teeth and a debt in my chest A pistol that's older than the town The law rode out, said "good luck with the rest" — So I keep my own kind of order 'round
Chorus Dust, iron, and a grudge That's all a man like me needs The law gave up, so did the judge Now the desert keeps the deeds
Verse 2 They wrote me off in every county line Put my face on paper, called me through But paper burns and posses run out of time And a grudge, well — a grudge sees a thing through
Chorus Dust, iron, and a grudge That's all a man like me needs The law gave up, so did the judge Now the desert keeps the deeds
Bridge You can outrun a lawman, outrun a rope Outrun the stories they tell at night But you can't outrun a man who quit on hope — He's got nothin' left to lose but the fight Dust, iron, and a grudge That's all a man like me needs The law gave up, so did the judge Now the desert keeps the deeds
Outro Dust settles. The grudge don't.
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