[Intro] [Soft Intro] Ain’t much left 'cept the dust an' the tracks Snow meltin’ off my coat, can't go back Gunmetal days, cold as a judge With nothin' but names and a pocket of grudge [Verse 1] [Male Vocal] Blackwater went wrong, smoke hung thick Jenny bled out, Davey got hit We ran to the pines, left the gold in the mud Leavin’ behind what we thought was love Micah smirkin’, Dutch spinnin’ dreams Hosea whisperin’ through gritted teeth The fire in our camp ain't warm no more Just flickers off the ghosts we wore [Chorus] [Catchy Hook] We was outlaws, ridin' on borrowed ground Now the world rolls on without lookin’ ‘round Time don’t wait, and it don’t forgive We're more ghosts than people tryin’ to live Ridin’ like we still got a place to be But the frontier’s fenced and it ain’t free Dust on our boots, blood in our creed We're more ghosts than people, chasin’ what we can't keep [Verse 2] Saint Denis lit up like a preacher’s sin Bronte smiled as we walked right in Lenny fell fast, Hosea went slow Dutch fed a man to somethin' down below I seen Sadie turn grief into grit Seen John get left in a pit We rode out from Guarma half alive Still believin' Dutch had the will to survive [Chorus] We was outlaws, ridin' on borrowed ground Now the world rolls on without lookin’ ‘round Time don’t wait, and it don’t forgive We're more ghosts than people tryin’ to live Cracks in the gang, truth in my lungs Tuberculosis ain't the worst of what’s come Fadin’ like a trail when the wind picks up We're more ghosts than people, drinkin’ from a poisoned cup [Bridge] [Emotional Bridge] [Spoken Word] Ohh... Micah’s grinnin’ in the rearview of my mind Dutch ain’t the man he swore he’d be in time Hunted by what we done, not who we was Mmm... ain’t no redemption in a loaded cause [Male Vocal] Ahhh yeahh... John... you better run Save the boy, save the sun [Chorus] We was outlaws, ridin' on borrowed ground Now the world rolls on without lookin’ ‘round Time don’t wait, and it don’t forgive We're more ghosts than people tryin’ to live A buck in the dawn, I let it be Ain’t no preacher gon’ bury me Just wind and earth, and a name they’ll skip We're more ghosts than people, and that’s just it [Outro] [Powerful Outro] Ain’t no legends where we sleep Just names carved shallow, buried deep We tried to run, we tried to ride But ghosts don’t ride—they hide
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