DEATH RIDES A SLOW HORSE

Intro Death rides a slow horse Black mane against the rain He’s been one hill behind me Since I learned my name

Verse 1 He never calls, he never hurries Never needs to draw his gun Every mile I steal from dying He just follows through the sun I’ve outrun sheriffs, ropes and rifles Crossed through fire without a prayer But the shadow growing longer Tells me he is always there

Chorus Death rides a slow horse But he never loses ground I ain’t scared of where he takes me I’m just choosing where I’m found Death rides a slow horse Let him follow, let him wait I won’t meet him on my knees— I’ll meet him standing at the gate

Verse 2 I buried brothers without markers Left good men beneath the sand Watched the years take every weapon That once steadied in my hand Loved one woman past my ruin Now she sleeps beneath the hill Every road I rode without her Was just practice standing still The young men call me legend Like a legend cannot bleed They see the scars that kept me living— Not the things they took from me

Bridge When the red sun finds the mesa And my breathing turns to stone I’ll dismount beside her headstone Tell the Reaper: “Now we’re home.” Death rides a slow horse Now I hear him gaining ground I ain’t begging for another year I know where I’ll be found Death rides a slow horse Let the final daylight fade I’ve spent my whole life choosing roads— Tonight, I choose the grave Death rides a slow horse But he won’t drag me from the trail I’ll hand him back my empty gun— And ride beside him into hell

Outro Took you long enough.

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