[Verse 1] The beads still gleam on the ballroom floor, Echoes linger behind the door. The mask feels heavier than the badge, And the night won’t let me look back. [Pre-Chorus] Mama said, “Protect your own.” The law said, “Stand alone.” But blood runs deeper than the vow, And I can’t wash it out somehow. [Chorus] The Sheriff’s secret never sleeps, It hums beneath where the cypress weeps. The truth’s too proud, the night too kind— I’m a man of law, but bought by time. [Verse 2] My sister spins the verdicts clean, Mama still rules the old machine. Every crime this town forgives, Has a name the family lives. [Bridge] Justice don’t wear lace and grace, Not in this house, not in this place. I hold the gun, they write the tale— I swear, I’m just too tired to fail. [Final Chorus] The Sheriff’s secret never sleeps, It rides the storm the Delta keeps. Every truth I ever found— Drowned in gold, and glory bound. [Outro – whispered] You can’t serve two gods, But I’ve been trying.
