[Intro] (Slow fingerpicked guitar, distant wind) Full moon risin’… Over these bars… One last night. [Verse 1] Cold steel bed, Moonlight on the floor. Every kill I made, Comin’ back for more. They built it high, That wooden frame. Tomorrow I swing, End of the game. [Pre-Chorus] Silver light… Shinin’ down on me. Hangman’s moon… Comin’ for me. [Chorus] Hangman’s moon, risin’ high tonight, Silver rope glowin’ in its light. One more dawn and I’ll be gone, Hangman’s moon… take me home. [Verse 2] Faces of the dead, Floatin’ in the glow. Men I left bleedin’ In the desert snow. No forgiveness here, No prayers I know. Just the moon and me, Waitin’ for the blow. [Pre-Chorus] Silver light… Shinin’ down on me. Hangman’s moon… Comin’ for me. [Chorus] Hangman’s moon, risin’ high tonight, Silver rope glowin’ in its light. One more dawn and I’ll be gone, Hangman’s moon… take me home. [Bridge] Wind blows cold, Through the cottonwood tree. No more runnin’, No more fightin’ free. When the sun comes, They’ll lead me on… Under your light, I’ll be gone. [Outro] Hangman’s moon… Take me home… Take me home. (Guitar fades into wind and a single low note)
