The church doors locked
The steeple lanes low
Crosses half buried
Where the weeds still grow
I knelt in the dust
Where a preacher once prayed
But silence was the only answer
God Gave
The rivers run dry
But the blood still remains
Written in dirt
Are the wages of pain
I carry my sins
Like a stone on my chest
A soul without shelter
A man disposes
God save me if you hear my song
I've been running with the devil
Far too long
Every mile I ride
Is a prayer gone cold
Every word I sing
Is a story untold
If mercy still lives
Where the lost can be
Then God Save me
Lord God save me
Spilled my whisky
Where the dead men sleep
Heard the coyote cry
While the shadows creep
I've held a pistol
I've drawn that line
Watch good men fall
With no holy sign
The woman I love
She turned her face
Left me alone
In this godless place
Her name still burns
Like a brand in my chest
But I buried her ring
Where the west wind
God save me if you hear my song
I've been running with the devil
Far too long
Every mile I ride
Is a prayer gone cold
Every word I sing
Is a story untold
And mercy still lives
Where the lost can be
Then God
Save me
There's a graveyard beyond
Where the black crows wait
Every stone's a reminder
Every name's my fate
The sky don't we
But the earth still moans
And the Lord's last light
Don't reach these bones
So I whistle in the dark
Just to keep my breath
Trading every prayer
For another death
Now the road grows narrow
The night grows wide
I feel the devil riding
Close by my side
The thunder rolls
But the rain won't fall
It's the voice of judgment
The final call
I see a lantern blow
Where the rising bends
Is it mercy waiting
For the world's lasting?
If heaven's a dream
For a man like me
Then I'll ride through hell
Till eternity
God save me if you hear my song
I've been running with the devil
Far too long
Every mile I ride
Is a prayer gone cold
Every word I sing
Is a story untold
And mercy still lives
Where the lost can be
Then God
Save me
Save me
Heat
Heat