[Verse 1] Boot prints burned In the bone-dry clay Midnight horses Made of smoke and gray Wind said run But my boots sank deep Heard iron hooves Where the ground should sleep [Chorus] Ghost riders in the gulch Calling out my name Leather reins of lightning Eyes like open flame If I turn and face that dust Will it drag me through my sins Ghost riders in the gulch Circling Closing in [Verse 2] Old church cross Tilted in the sand Bullets rusted In a stranger’s hand Saw my hat On a phantom head Same torn brim From the life I shed [Chorus] [Bridge] [low vocal register] They don’t shout They only stare Every wrong I ever did Hanging in the air [whispered vocals] “Ride or run?” That’s the only choice Then I hear my father’s Broken voice [Chorus]
