Verse 1 I left before the sun came up Didn’t slam the door, didn’t say enough Coffee cold in a chipped tin cup Some things break quiet Boots hit gravel, slow and plain Didn’t look back down that lane A man can drown in what remains Of words he never tried Pre-Chorus No judge in sight, no courtroom hymn Just my shadow walkin’ thin Chorus No witness but the wind No mercy, no defense Just the sound of what I did Rattlin’ through the fence No crowd to call it sin No gavel comin’ down Just the wind rememberin’ Every step I’m walkin’ now Verse 2 I kept my name, I kept my pride Lost a few things I can’t hide Truth don’t shout, it just abides In the bones at night I could blame the times we’re in Say the world’s grown hard and thin But every road I wandered in Was mine to choose Pre-Chorus No alibi, no alms to give Just the weight of how I live Chorus No witness but the wind No sermon, no amends Just the echo rollin’ in Again and then again No crowd to let me win No one left to blame Just the wind repeat the things I signed in my own name Bridge It don’t curse, it don’t forgive It just moves through what is Carries dust from where I’ve been Back across my skin Half-Chorus (stripped) No witness but the wind Just the truth beneath my ribs Final Chorus No witness but the wind No headline, no defense Just a man and what he did Tryin’ to make it make some sense No angel stepping in No devil takin’ sides Just the wind that settles in Where a man can’t hide Outro When I’m gone and they ask where I’ve been Tell ’em — no witness but the wind
