Dead Man's Hand

Long dark trail leads into the night When the sun goes down, I lead a different life I chase the rush I chase the feeling Folks who don't know me think I'm a heathen I play the people like I, play the cards No love but lust, keeps my beating heart If I'm played, I don't forget a face I play my pistols like a pocket ace Oh oh, I stop drinkin' I stop thinkin' I stop blinkin', hand on the trigger I'm yelling outlaw My heart don't thaw Hangman's noose on the spot And I, I've been across the land And I'm leaving it all behind I've got a dead man's hand And I know I'm the next in line Doors kicked in down at the saloon They want my head but I know these fools They now what I've done They know where I've been They want me dead in the ground for what I've seen And I, dig the grave And mark the stones If you run into me, you ain't going home I've got an ace, and a pair of eights Another ace it's a dead man's fate Oh I stop drinking Oh I stop blinking Oh I stop thinking, hand on the trigger I'm yelling outlaw My heart don't thaw Hangman's noose on the spot And I, I've been across the land And I'm leaving it all behind I've got a dead man's hand And I know I'm the next in line I, I've been across the land And I'm leaving it all behind I've got a dead man's hand And I know I'm the next in line And I, I've been across the land And I'm leaving it all behind I've got a dead man's hand And I know I'm the next in line I, I've been across the land And I'm leaving it all behind I've got a dead man's hand And I know I'm the next in line