[Verse 1] Out past the widow's land Where the thorn brush drinks the rain There's a name old men won't say When the moon comes out again He rode in on a cinder horse With a Bible and a scar Said, "I been dead since seventeen But I know just where you are" [Pre-Chorus] If your hands are clean You can pass on through If your lies got teeth Well, brother, he got two [Chorus] Hellbound Marshal Hellbound Marshal If you see him coming, pray it ain't for you Hellbound Marshal Hellbound Marshal He brings the final word, then he brings the noose [Verse 2] He don't wear a badge no more Just a coat of smoke and bone Every cheat and every thief Feels him knocking at the door He don't ask for alibis He don't drink with the law He just points that crooked finger And the guilty hits the floor [Pre-Chorus] If your hands are clean You can pass on through If your lies got teeth Well, brother, he got two [Chorus] Hellbound Marshal Hellbound Marshal If you see him coming, pray it ain't for you Hellbound Marshal Hellbound Marshal He brings the final word, then he brings the noose [Bridge] Mama said when I was young "Don't you steal, don't you lie" 'Cause the old man's boots keep walking Even after you die I seen him once at dawn On the edge of my front gate He tipped his hat, then turned away And spared me by one day [Chorus] Hellbound Marshal Hellbound Marshal If you see him coming, pray it ain't for you Hellbound Marshal Hellbound Marshal He brings the final word, then he brings the noose
