Rough Gods (80sArena Mix)

[Verse 1] I’m a straight shooter, fix my eyes on the mark There’s a world of difference in a flame and a spark I won’t tell a falsehood, I won’t bend the truth But I’ll keep some secrets to defend my truth Decorum is a curtain that I pull across the pane To keep back the thunder and the driving rain Complete honesty is a heavy, jagged stone Sometimes it’s better just to leave it unknown [Chorus] I’m a straight shooter, but the mirror is cracked Watching my shadow on a one-way track Is the blood in my veins a thing to be sown? Harvesting seeds that will make the rough gods moan. He’s a straight shooter, but the mirror is cracked I’m worried I’m tragedy, I’m worried it’s me Living out a legacy I didn't want to see I’m a straight shooter! Yeah I’m a straight shooter! [Verse 2] I remember the night the chrome met the clay From behind the wheel, throwing life all away The mirror shows a man who stares me in the eye Said "I don't know who I am," and I didn't even try To explain how this heart made it miles down the road Carrying a spirit, a heavy-worn soul [Chorus] I’m a straight shooter, but the mirror is cracked Watching my shadow on a one-way track Is the blood in my veins a thing to be sown? Harvesting seeds that will make the rough gods moan. He’s a straight shooter, but the mirror is cracked I’m worried I’m tragedy, I’m worried it’s me Living out a legacy I didn't want to see I’m a straight shooter! Yeah I’m a straight shooter! [Bridge] I stand in the hallway, a ghost in the light The odds say that I’m gonna run through the night I’ve got my intelligence, I’ve got my own mind It’s a sad kind of genius that leaves you behind It’s deep in the genetics, the blueprint is set These ain’t borrowed jeans, they’re a lifetime of debt The personality’s a match, and it haunts me to death To see me wasting my fire and wasting my breath [Chorus] I’m a straight shooter, but the mirror is cracked Watching my shadow on a one-way track Is the blood in my veins a thing to be sown? Harvesting seeds that will make the rough gods moan. He’s a straight shooter, but the mirror is cracked I’m worried I’m tragedy, I’m worried it’s me Living out a legacy I didn't want to see I’m a straight shooter! Yeah I’m a straight shooter! [Outro] It’s in the genes It’s in the blood Pulling us down Through the Nashville mud Yeah, that’s just like me And that’s the hardest truth to see (Fading electric guitar feedback) (Final acoustic chord rings out)