[Verse 1] He drifts through towns where the sun judges all. The heat of the desert burnin his brow Every ghost he meets, every life he spares, He buries in laughter, hides in the stares. [Chorus] The laughing outlaw, A heart cracked open He don’t pull the trigger, wont kill anymore The echoes of her haunt forever more [Verse 2] Children whisper of the man who grins, But they don’t know the war he fights within. A silver gun, a shattered past His body grown cold but he goes On and on and on [Chorus] The laughing outlaw, A heart cracked open He don’t pull the trigger, wont kill no more But well.... [Verse 3] The greatest lesson he never learned Will be learned today He cannot protect life without taking life away. [Verse 4] And he knows His end. His final place The laughing outlaw Gives up his face [Interlude] Shot his brother dead With pain in his heart Eyes full of tears Lesson learned... [Chorus] He’s the laughing outlaw, A heart cracked open by the blood he spills Never far from the trigger, When wicked men ride He’s the laughing outlaw, A heart cracked open by the blood he spills Never far from the trigger, When wicked men ride And the echoes of her haunt forever more Yes the memories live... In the heart he will restore
