[Intro – Low, haunted guitar] Moon hangs crooked over the old graveyard, Wind whispers through the dead... Boots hit the dirt, spurs start ringing— Another outlaw's gonna meet his end. [Verse 1] I ride beneath a blood-red moon, Black hat pulled down low, Six-shooter hanging by my side, And nowhere else to go. I hunt the men who prey on the weak, The killers and the damned, By sunrise there's another name Carved into the sand. [Chorus] IN THE BONEYARD, WHERE I LAY THE BODIES TO REST, IN THE BONEYARD, WHERE I KEEP MY GUN CLOSE TO MY VEST. IN THE BONEYARD, WHERE THE DEVIL COMES TO PLAY, IN THE BONEYARD, THAT'S WHERE ALL MY ENEMIES LAY. Yeah, the dead are my company, And the darkness knows my name— IN THE BONEYARD, I REMAIN. [Verse 2] There's a gunslinger by the graveyard gate, With a bullet through his heart, He thought he'd be the fastest draw— But the devil played his part. I don't brag about the bodies, I don't sing about the dead, I just dig another six feet When the moon turns overhead. [Pre-Chorus – Building] The wind blows cold, the shadows crawl, I hear the dead ones call... [Chorus] IN THE BONEYARD, WHERE I LAY THE BODIES TO REST, IN THE BONEYARD, WHERE I KEEP MY GUN CLOSE TO MY VEST. IN THE BONEYARD, WHERE THE DEVIL COMES TO PLAY, IN THE BONEYARD, THAT'S WHERE ALL MY ENEMIES LAY. Yeah, the dead are my company, And the darkness knows my name— IN THE BONEYARD, I REMAIN. [Guitar Solo – 20 seconds Haunting electric guitar with crying bends, tremolo picking, dark blues-country phrasing, and a screaming sustained final note.] [Bridge – Quiet, sinister] They say I'm just another outlaw, They say my soul is gone... But somebody's gotta face the wicked When the lawman's moved along. So I ride where the graveyard waits, Where the living fear to tread... I've got one foot in the world above, And one among the dead. [Final Chorus – FULL BAND EXPLOSION] IN THE BONEYARD! WHERE I LAY THE BODIES TO REST! IN THE BONEYARD! KEEP MY GUN CLOSE TO MY VEST! IN THE BONEYARD! WHERE THE DEVIL COMES TO PLAY! IN THE BONEYARD! THAT'S WHERE ALL MY ENEMIES LAY! HEY! HEY! — Let the graveyard shake! HEY! HEY! — Hear the dead awake! Six guns singing underneath the moon, And the devil's coming riding soon! IN THE BONEYARD! THAT'S WHERE I STAY! IN THE BONEYARD! UNTIL MY DYING DAY! [Outro – Whispered] Spurs in the dirt... Moon in the sky... Devil at my shoulder... And the dead riding by... [Gunshot — massive guitar chord — church bell fading into darkness.]
