[Verse 1] I was born by a cut bank road Where the creek runs black and slow Mama hung her coat on a fence post And Daddy never said no more I learned to drive on a farm truck With a cracked windshield and prayer Then the sheriff came with his paper And the whole damn county stared [Pre-Chorus] Now the fields are half-grown over And my hands don't shake, they burn If the world wants blood and fire I know exactly what it earned [Chorus] Burn it down, burn it down Let the ash hit the ground I loved hard, I lost hard Got no mercy left to round Burn it down, burn it down Till the whole town knows my name I’m the coal train gospel I’m the good man gone to flame (Burn it down) (I’m the good man gone to flame) [Verse 2] There’s a ring in the drawer by the sink And a note with your name crossed out You left with a Sunday suitcase And a smile that I can’t live down I drink from a chipped glass Mason Watch the moon split the barn door Every lie I ever buried Came back with boots on the floor [Pre-Chorus] Now the dogs keep on howlin' Like they know what I become I tried to stay a little kinder But the winter took my thumb [Chorus] Burn it down, burn it down Let the ash hit the ground I loved hard, I lost hard Got no mercy left to round Burn it down, burn it down Till the whole town knows my name I’m the coal train gospel I’m the good man gone to flame (Burn it down) (I’m the good man gone to flame) [Bridge] If you find me by the river With my hat in my hands Tell my mother I kept walking As long as a broken man can Tell her I still hear that fiddle Like a siren through the pines Calling me home, calling me hard Calling me one last time [Chorus] Burn it down, burn it down Let the ash hit the ground I loved hard, I lost hard Got no mercy left to round Burn it down, burn it down Till the whole town knows my name I’m the coal train gospel I’m the good man gone to flame (Burn it down) (I’m the good man gone to flame)
