I woke up this mornin’, ashes layin’ on my boots, Yeah I woke up this mornin’, nothin’ left but ashes on my boots. This fire been followin’ me, burnin’ down the truth. I tried to run from sorrow, but sorrow found me twice. I said I tried to run from sorrow, Lord, sorrow found me twice. It kissed me in the daylight, and cut me in the night. I gave love to a stranger, she left me with an empty bed. Oh I gave love to a stranger, now the whiskey talkin’ in my head. Can’t tell what’s real no more, can’t recall what I said. So pour me one more mercy, let the smoke fill up this room. Yeah pour me one more mercy, let the smoke fill up this room. ‘Cause if the devil comes to take me, he best be comin’ soon. (Final verse) I ain’t askin’ for salvation, I ain’t beggin’ to be free. No I ain’t askin’ for salvation, just let the blues keep carryin’ me. Ashes on my boots forever, Lord, that’s my legacy.
