Righteous Life

I rode on your highways

Played cards with some of your guards

Kicked along the stone at sunset

Watched the ways you smile and nod

You smile and nod

It's a righteous life we're leading, friends

Heavy dues, pay the fee

But no one else notices notices destiny

Except the free

Except the free

You can tell it in a smile sometimes

Arrogant, haughty, and cool

Smiling at some stranger

Like a tarot deck card fool

Stories that they're weaving now

Are part-fiction, sometimes ruse

You can tell where the real part ends

And it's time to ask for truth

To ask for truth

Except the free

Except the free