
In My Tracks
[Intro: Bone-dry threatening male MC, nylon guitar alone, threatening, close and level] Size eleven Left heel cracked Keep walking [Verse 1: Bone-dry threatening male MC, threatening, each line set down like a stone] Found the bull by the creek in the rocks and the reeds Took the rack and the cape and he left it for the weeds Shell in the snow, thirty aught six Cigarette filter and a pattern of sticks Two nights out on the high side of the pass Frost on my collar and the moon on the glass Every set of tracks says a man in a rush Every set of mine says I can sit in the brush [Hook: Bone-dry threatening male MC, threatening, loud, full band] You been walking in my tracks Size eleven, left heel cracked Think you hunting, think you slick You been walking in my tracks [Verse 2: Bone-dry threatening male MC, threatening, slower, colder] Day two, you got clever, you doubled on back Found my boot in the mud and you followed the crack Figured get behind the warden, put the warden in the ground Walk away with the antlers and never get found So you stepped where I stepped and you slept where I slept Ate cold beans where I ate, kept the pace that I kept Never asked why the trail stayed so clean and so plain Like a man who wanted company walking in the rain [Hook: Bone-dry threatening male MC, threatening, loud, full band] You been walking in my tracks Size eleven, left heel cracked Think you hunting, think you slick You been walking in my tracks [Verse 3: Bone-dry threatening male MC, over his shoulder, one nylon note per bar, threatening, right behind him] Now it's dawn and you're kneeling at the end of the line Looking at the trailhead and the truck and the sign Sheriff on the hood with his coffee and a grin Two nights you walked a circle, and the circle walked you in Don't turn around, I'm right here at your back Same boots, same heel, same cracked Set the rifle in the snow, set the antlers on top Say your name to the sheriff, Dale, now the walking can stop [Hook: Bone-dry threatening male MC, threatening, loud, full band] You been walking in my tracks Size eleven, left heel cracked Think you hunting, think you slick You been walking in my tracks [Outro: Bone-dry threatening male MC, flat and final, nylon guitar rings out and fades] Left heel cracked On purpose [End]

