A Lonesome Wind

The river is wide The hills are green The road I walk Is rugged and mean The stones are many The path is steep The night wind swirls While drifters sleep The caves are warm Around the bend But first I face A lonesome wind A lonesome wind A freezing rain No fire, no food The price of shame I had a home I had a wife Kids to raise A precious life I danced and drank Cheated to win A fool chasing A lonesome wind Evil found me I answered its call Bullets everywhere Bloody dance hall A careless word A public sin My wasted life Eternal wind I wake alone Cold and threadbare The boots I need Too wet to wear To stay means fear To leave means pain Blood on my feet A brutal stain The hills will hide me A place to mend But first I face A lonesome wind A lonesome wind Frostbite feet A crippled walk The price of greed So off I flee To worlds unknown Laments I sing A howling moan Each step ahead No turning back Escape into A sun gone black Regret severe Rage without end Night after night A lonesome wind The wrath of angels The stain of sin Day after day A lonesome wind A darkness guards Every place I’m in Night after night A lonesome wind