Twice Dead, Still Riding

They hung me once in Abilene, Said the rope would scrub me clean But death just bowed and tipped his brim — Said, “Boy, you ride ‘til she forgives him”

Twice dead, still riding, No tomb can keep my oath I ride ‘tween stars and silence — A shadow owed by both

They burned my name, they broke my kin, Left my heart in a flask of sin But I ain’t gone, I ain’t at rest — Just headin’ west with nothin’ left

Twice dead, still riding, No mercy left to show My horse is made of thunder — My eyes of ash and crow

If you see me cross the ridge, Don’t pray, don’t speak, don’t build a bridge I ain’t the kind to ask or plead — Just the last thing every sinner reads

Twice dead, still riding, A name the wind won’t own Don’t follow where I’m hidin’ — You’ll ride that path alone

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