Shadows stretching long on the back of the hill Got a coat and a name and a little bit of will Everybody's moving and the ground stands still That river took my father and it'll take me too Cold as a hammer and about as true I carry what I'm given and I carry it through The devil eats the dust and the good Lord spits the gravel And we lay the road down just to stand and watch it unravel I'm walking it anyway I'm walking it anyway We took the fire from the tree and we called it ours Cut the wheel, stacked the wall, put our name on the towers Wind comes back for it, and it don't take hours Well the ice is moving now, I can hear it crack There's nobody calling me forward, nobody on the track I ain't gone yet and I ain't looking back The devil eats the dust and the good Lord spits the gravel And we lay the road down just to stand and watch it unravel I'm walking it anyway I'm walking it anyway Every mile I ever made was made out of somebody's bones Every town I ever loved is a hill of stones And something in me keeps on going like it's got a mind of its own Like it's got a mind of its own So let the devil eat the dust and let the good Lord spit the gravel We're gonna lay this road down and we're gonna watch it all unravel I'm walking it anyway (walking it anyway) I'm walking it anyway So bury me light, boys, bury me shallow Let the green come up where the wagon-track ran hollow I'll be gone by morning I'll be gone by morning
