[music] [music] [music] Black rain falling on the avenue. Street lights shaking in a dirty [music] blue. I got blood on my old leather gloves and silence where there once was love.
[music] The city breeze through broken teeth. [music] Cold wind crawling underneath. Every corner holds a secret [music] sin.
Every smile hides the beast within. I walked alone [music] past closing bars underneath exhausted stars. The [music] jukebox crying low and slow like I knew the pain I couldn't show.
[music] Dark blues I go through the night like a pistol [music] held too tight. Every note cuts through my chest. [music] Never give me no rest.
[music] I remember when your eyes burned gold. [music] Before this world turned cool and cold. Before the whiskey and the smoke.
Before my spirit [music] finally broke. Now your ghost sleeps in my coat. And every [music] word you said still flows through empty rooms and cracked hallways like [music] yesterday.
Refuses to fade. I [music] met the devil near the train tracks. Black hat low upon his back.
He said, "Son, you look [music] half dead. Too many storms inside your head. " I laughed [music] slow and lit a flame.
Said pain and I became the [music] same. Then he smiled with hollow eyes like he'd heard a thousand lies. [music] The snow keeps falling soft tonight.
Hiding sins beneath the white. [music] But nothing disappears for long. Not the weak and not the strong.
[music] And there's [music] a woman singing down the lane. Voice filled up with smoke and rain. Every word falls sharp and deep [music] like promises we couldn't keep.
And some were far beyond this town. [music] A lonely church is burning down. No saints left to save my soul.
Only [music] empty roads to roam. Dark blues wrapped around my bones. Turning kings into [music] rolling stones.
Turning dreams into dust and rust. Teaching hearts who not [music] to trust. I drive [singing] fast through the freezing air.
[music] Engine roaring like despair. Black tires cutting [music] through the snow. Nowhere left for me to go.
[music] The mirror shows a tired man trying hard [music and singing] to understand why every road I ever choose [music] leads me deeper [singing] into blues. There's frost crawling on the [music] glass like echoes from a haunted past. And [music] every mile feels more alone than the last place [music] I called home.
I still hear your distant voice like I never [music] had a choice. Like fate already carved my name into darkness [music] and into flame. The night grows heavier with time.
[music] Like old guilt and unsolved crimes. I wear both like tailored clothes. A gentleman [music] nobody knows.
[music] Some men pray before [music] they sleep. Some men drown where shadows creep. [music] Me I sit and smoke [singing] alone.
Listen to the cold wind moan. Dark blues humming through the wires, feeding all my old desires. Every scar [music] begins to shine under moonlight and keep [music] wine.
And if tomorrow never comes, if my heart finally [music] goes numb, just let the record slowly play while [music] the smoke carries me away. Leave my head beside the chair. Leave [music] the silence hanging there because this world was never kind to restless [music] souls with broken minds.
Dawn is crawling pale and weak. [music] Still I feel the night beneath. Still I hear those old chains track [music] inside every song I have.
A black rain [music] falling soft and thin. Another long night wearing thin. And [music] I keep walking through the cold with a heart too dark to hold.
[music] [music] [music] [music] [music] Black rain falling on the avenue. [music] Street lights shaking in a dirty blue. I got blood on my old leather gloves [music] and silence where there once was love.
[music] The city breeze through broken teeth. Cold wind crawling [singing] underneath. Every corner holds a secret sin.
[music] Every smile hides the beast within. [music] I walked alone past closing bars [music] underneath exhausted stars. The jukebox [music] crying low and slow like it knew the pain [music] I couldn't show.
Dark blues echo through the night like a pistol held too [music] tight. There are no [singing] cuts through my chest. [music] Never giving me no [singing] rest.
I remember when [music] your eyes burned gold. Before this world turned cruel and cold. Before [music] the whiskey and the smoke.
[music] Before my spirit finally broke. [music] [music] Now your ghost sleeps in my coat. [music] And every word you said still floats through empty rooms and cracked hallways like yesterday.
[music] refuses to fade. I met the devil near the train tracks, [music] black hat low upon his back. [singing] He said, "Son, you look half [music] dead.
Too many stones inside your head. " [music] I laughed slow and lit a flame [music] said pain and I became the same. Then he smiled with hollow eyes [music] like he heard a thousand lies.
The snow keeps falling [music] soft tonight. Hiding sins beneath the [music] white, but nothing disappears for long. [music] Not the weak and [singing] not the strong.
There's [music] a woman singing down the lane. Voice filled up [music] with smoke and rain. Every word for sharp and deep [music] like promises we couldn't keep.
And somewhere far beyond [music] this town, a lonely church is burning down. [music] No saints left to save my soul. Only empty [music] roads to roam.
Dark blues wrapped around [music] my bones. Turning kings into rolling stones. Turning dreams into [music] dust and rust.
Teaching hearts who not to trust. [music] I drive fast through the freezing air. Engine [singing] roaring like despair.
[music] Black ties cutting through the snow. Nowhere left for me to [music] go. The mirror shows a tired man.
[music] Trying hard to understand [singing] why every road I ever [music] choose leads me deeper into blues. There's frost crawling on the blast like echoes from a haunted past. And every mouth [music] feels more alone than the last place I called home.
I still hear your distant [music] voice like I never had a choice. [music] Like fate already called my name. into [music] darkness and into flame.
The night grows heavier [music] with time like old guilt and unsolved crimes. I wear both like [music] tailored clothes. A gentleman nobody [music] knows.
Some men pray before they sleep. [music] Some men drown where shadows creep. Me [music] I sit and smoke alone.
[singing] Listening [music] to the cold wind mo. Dark blues coming through [music] the wise. Feeding all my old desires.
[music] Every scar begins to shine. [music] under moonlight and cheap wine. And if tomorrow never comes.
If my heart finally [music] goes numb. Just let the records slowly play. While the smoke carries me away.
[music] Leave my head beside the chair. Leave the silence hanging there. Because [music] this world was never kind to restless souls with broken minds.
[music] The dawn is crawling pale and weak. Still I feel the night beneath. [music] Still I hear those old chains drag [music] inside every song I have.
The city breathe through [music] broken teeth. Cold wind crawling underneath. Every corner holds a secret sin.
Every smile [music] hides the beast within. I walked alone past [music] closing bars. Underneath exhausted stars, [music] the jew box crying [singing] low and slow like it knew the pain I [music] couldn't show.
I walked alone past closing bars [music] underneath exhausted stars. The jukebox crying low and slow [music] like it knew the pain I couldn't show. [music] Dark blues I go through the night like [music] [music] [music] Midnight smoke crawling through the window pane.
[music] Rain tapping codes on a runaway train. And I got a [music] black coat hanging by the door and a broken promise bleeding [music] on the floor. [music] The city keeps talking with a mouth full of lies.
Neon halos and dead men's eyes. I walk these alleys like a ghost [music] in chains, carrying thunder inside my veins. [music] Cold whiskey burning like a fever dream.
Nothing is ever really what it seems. The [music] devil wears leather and a silver ring. He laughs every time [music] the church bells sing.
[music] I hear your footsteps in the freezing rain. A memory wrapped around my brain. Your perfume still [music] lives inside my room.
Like roses left upon a tomb. Dark blues howling underneath my skin. Every night feels [music] like the end again.
Black clouds dancing over my [music] soul. I keep losing pieces I can't control. [music] I [music] met an old man near the riverside.
He said, "Son, the darkness never hides. It sleeps [music] beside you. It drinks your wine.
[music] It waits for the perfect time. [music] So I let another cigarette slow. [music] Watch the bitter winter overflow.
[music] Street lights trembling in the snow like angels [music] scared to let me go. The moon look wounded above the town. Silver tears [music] falling down.
And every bar along this road knows the [music] weight of the heart I hold. There's a woman singing [music] somewhere low. Voice smooth as southern smoke.
She [music] sings about men who disappear. [music] In hearts that drown in fear. I close my [music] eyes and see your face frozen in another place.
[music] Your shadow dancing across the wall like you never left it all. Dark blues dripping from the radio. Oh, guitar crying soft and low.
Every [music] cord cuts deep tonight like shattered glass [singing] beneath moonlight. I drove [music] for miles through windless white. Headlights carving through the night.
[music] Engine growling like a wounded beast. Praying my demons finally [music] sleep. But they ride beside me every mile with [music] crooked teeth and broken [singing] smiles.
They whisper [music] things I can't forget. Every sin and every regret. [music] This world is cold as iron chains.
Full of saints [music] with dirty names. Everybody hides a scar underneath [music] who they are and me. I wear mine proud and black [music] like a wolf that won't turn back.
I was born beneath skies [music] with thunder living in my eyes. Now [music] the night is almost gone. But the darkness still holds on.
[music] Morning never feels the same when your soul [music] burns like a flame. So pour another glass for [music] me. Leave the bottle by the keys.
[music] Let the slow blues fill the air. [music] like a final whisper prayer because the road keeps calling loud through [music] the smoke and frozen clouds and I still [music] chase what I can't save. One boot standing [singing] near the grave.
Midnight smoke [music] crawling through the air. A lonely king without a prayer. [music] Still walking through this world alone with the heart as dark as stone.
[music] [music] [music] [music] Midnight smoke crawling through the window pane. Brain tapping cold on a runaway train. [music] I got a black coat hanging by the door and a [snorts] broken promise bleeding on the floor.
[music] The city keeps talking with a mouthful of lies. Neon halos and dead men's eyes. I walk these alleys like a [music] ghost in chains.
Carrying thunder [singing] inside my veins. Cold whisy burning like a fever dream. [music] Nothing is ever really what it seems.
The devil wears leather and a silver ring. He laughs every time the church bells sing. I hear your footsteps in the freezing rain.
A memory wrapped around my [music] brain. Your perfume still lives inside my room. Like roses [music] left upon a tomb.
Dark blues howling underneath [music] my skin. Every night feels like the end again. Black clouds dancing [music] over my soul.
I keep losing pieces I can't control. [music] [music] [music] [music] I met an old man near the riverside. He said, "Son, [music] the darkness never hides.
It sleeps beside you. It drinks your wine. [music] It waits for the perfect time.
So I let another [music] cigarette slow. Watch the bitter [music] winter overflow. Street lights trembling in the snow like angels scared [music] to let me go.
The more wounded above the town, silver tears falling [music] down. And every bar along this [music] road knows the weight of the heart. I hope there's a [music] woman singing somewhere low.
Voice smooth as southern smoke. She sings about [music] men who disappear and hearts that drown in fear. I close my eyes and see [music] your face frozen in another place.
[music] Your shadow dancing across the wall like you never left it all. [music] Dark blues dripping from the radio. [music] Oh, guitar crying soft and low.
Every cord cuts deep tonight [music] like shattered glass beneath moonlight. I drove [music] for miles through endless white. Headlights carving through the night.
Engine growling like a wounded [music] beast. Praying my demons finally sleep. But they ride beside me every mile [music] with crooked teeth and broken smiles.
They whisper things I can't forget. [music] Every sin and every [singing] regret. This world as cold as [music] I am chains.
Full of saints with dirty [music] names. Everybody hides a scar [music] underneath who they are. Me, I wear mine [singing] proud and black [music] like a wolf that won't turn back.
I was born beneath bad skies [music] with thunder living in my eyes. Now the night [music] is almost gone. But the darkness still holds on.
[music] Morning never feels the same when your soul burns like [music] a flame. So pour another glass for me. [music] Leave a bottle by the keys.
Let the slow blues fill [music] the air like a final whispered prayer. Because [music] the road keeps calling loud through the smoke and frozen clouds [music] and I still chase what I can't say. One boot standing near the grave.
[music] Midnight smoke crawling through the air. A [music] lonely king without a prayer. [music] Still walking through this world alone with a heart as darkest stone.
[music] [music] [music] There's a crow sitting on the dead man's fence. Been sitting there since I can't remember. [music] Black is the smoke that took the mill bomb.
Black is the cold of last November. [music] I used to throw stones at it when I was young. It never moved.
It never flinched. It never flew. [music] Just watch me with those oil dark eyes like it knew something I was going to go through.
[music] My daddy said, "Don't mind that bird, son. [music] Some things just live [singing] where living things should not. [music] Some things take root in the wrong kind of soil and grow and grow until the good soil rots.
[music] He said that like a man who knew it firsthand. He [music] said that with his bottle and his jaw. And I understood him better than he wanted.
cuz I was 9 years old and I already saw craw on a dead man's f [music] you're watching me still craw on a dead [music] man's f watching from that hill [music] I've done things I can't take back Oh, [music] I've gone places I can't unfind. And you just sit there on that rotting wood like you got all the patience [music] in the world all the time. [music] I killed a man once, not with my hands exactly, but [music] with words [singing] that landed harder than a fist.
I told him what I knew about his woman and he drove his [music] truck into the morning mist. They found [music] him down by Miller's creek at sunrise, the truck half in the water, cold and still. [music] And I stood at his graveside with the others, knowing what I knew [music] and always will.
The preacher spoke of mercy and of [music] glory. The widow wept into a handkerchief of [music] lace. And I kept my eyes fixed on the middle distance because [music] I [singing] couldn't bear to look upon her face.
I carried that [music] man's death like a stone in my jacket. Walked heavy with [music] it through the following years. Drnk with it, woke with it, worked with it beside me.
Watered it with whiskey [music] instead of tears. Crawl on a dead man's [music] fence. You watching me [singing] still [music] crawl on a dead man's fence.
Watching from that hill. I've done things [music and singing] I can't undo. Lord, I've said words I can't unspeak.
[music] And you just sit there patient on that rotting wood every single time. [music] I drive past Miller's Creek. [music] The widow moved away.
And I was [singing] grateful. Grateful in the way a coward always is. [music] Grateful that the consequence of something [music] removed itself and took away the fears.
[music] But the crow stayed on the fence stayed rotting. Guilt inside me season [music] like old wood. Hard and dancing darker in the center.
Preserved by all the things [music] never could. I'm [music] older now and slower now and quieter. The road from town to home feels long and strange.
And every [music] time I pass that fence at twilight, I swear that crow [music] has never aged, never changed. Still [music] black. Still, still still watching with that patience that only belongs to things that feed on time.
Still sitting [music] where it was when I was seven. Still knowing what it knows. Still knowing mine.
[music] Crawl on a dead man's fence. [music] I see you every night. Crawl on a dead man's fence.
You're always in my [music] sight. I think you'll be there when they lower me. I think you'll watch [music] them put me in the ground.
And when the last of [singing] the living [music] walk back home, Lord, you'll be the only witness still around. [music] M crow on the fence. Lord, still watching.
[music] still watching me. [music] Artifal special do the [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] The rain don't fall clean around here no more. [music] It comes down heavy and it comes down wrong.
[music] Like the sky itself got tired of pretending. [music] Like the sky gave up on being strong. [music] I was raised in a house where the walls held secrets.
[music] Where the floorboards grown like men in pain. [music] My mother kept her eyes fixed on the window like she was waiting on a train that never [music] came. I learned early that the [music] world don't [singing] owe you daylight.
That the morning can be just as cold as night. [music] That the men who walk with God on Sunday morning [music] are the same men who won't look you in the eye by light. [music] There's a road outside this town that runs to nowhere.
[music] I've walked it more than I can rightly say. [music] Every step I take, the dark grows thick around me. Every mile I go, the light fades further [music] away.
I've seen things on that road I can't explain to [music and singing] you. I've heard voices in the gravel in the mud. [music] I felt something walking just behind my shadow.
[music] Something old and cold and hungry for my [music] blood. Black road. Black road, [music] you don't never end.
Black road, black road, you just curve and bend. I've been walking [music] you my whole life in the cold. [music] And you keep on taking everything I hold.
She left in the winter with my last [music] good reason. took the warmth out of the house and [music] kept it gone. I stood there [singing] in the kitchen with the walls around me, [music] trying hard to find a reason to go on.
I found a bottle like a man finds water in [music] a desert. A grateful shaking, drinking more than I should [music] drink. And in the bottom of the glass, I found no answer.
Just the [music] next glass, waiting, patient at the brain. [music] The years came down on me like weather on a [singing] farmhouse. Slow, [music] steady, warping everything [singing] I was.
I looked [music] into the mirror one December [singing] morning and I couldn't find the man [music] I'd been because he was [music] gone the way the summer goes in autumn. Without ceremony, without a proper [music] end, just one day you reach for something warm and easy and you find the cold is moved [singing] in as a friend. [music] Black road, black road, [music] you don't ever end.
Back road. Black road. You just curve and bend.
I've been walking you my whole life through the cold. [music] And you keep on taking everything [music] I hold. There's a church at the edge of town I used to pass by.
[music] The bells [singing] would ring and I would keep on going. I never had the faith to walk inside there. [music] Never trusted anything I wasn't knowing.
But lately in the evenings [music] when the dark comes early, when the [music] silence in the house gets thick and deep, [music] I find myself just standing near that building. [music] Listen to something I can [music] almost keep. Not got exactly something underneath, [music] something older than the name they gave it there.
Something that was [singing] moving through the dark before [music] the first man ever lifted up his voice into the air. I don't know what I'm asking [music] when I'm standing there. I [music] don't know what [singing] it is I'm reaching for.
Maybe [music] just the feeling that the dark has limits. [music] Maybe just the hope [singing] there is something more. Black road.
Black road. [music] You don't [singing] ever black road. Black road.
You just curve and bend. I've been walking [music] through my whole life through the cold. And you keep [music] on taking [singing] everything I hope.
There's a church at [music] the edge [singing] of town. I used to pass by. The bells would ring [music] and I would keep on going.
I never had the faith to [music] walk inside [singing] there. Never trusted anything I wasn't knowing. [music] But lately in the evenings when the dark comes early.
When the silence in the house gets thick and deep. [music] I find myself just standing near [singing] that building.
