I Learned to Ride With Lead

I don’t pray when I reload, Don’t talk much, I just go. Learned my truth from guns and roads, And every scar this life bestowed.

They said “forgive,” I said “we’ll see.” That’s how fools get buried free. You can’t heal what won’t forget, And I ain’t paid that debt yet.

I learned to ride with lead, Not love or what they said. I gave my heart to fire instead, Now it burns where angels bled. Yeah, I learned to ride with lead — My mercy long since dead.

They call me cursed, I call it true, The world takes first, then laughs at you. So I carved my name in the desert wind, Ain’t no shame where the law won’t bend.

I wear my sins like second skin, And don’t repent where I’ve been. You can’t preach to men like me — We ain’t listenin’, we’re free.

They said I’d die by my own hand — Guess that’s the deal of a broken man. But if the road calls out my name, It’ll sound a lot like flame.

I learned to ride with lead, Where angels fear to tread. No prayers for the damned I’ve fed, Just ghosts that ride instead. Yeah, I learned to ride with lead — Till the devil’s ledger’s read.

I learned to ride with lead, And I ain’t turnin’ back. The trail I blaze is painted red, A truth no man can track. I learned to ride with lead — And I ain’t dead yet.

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