Pale Rider
I take my guns out of the drawer, even though I swore I’d never use ‘em anymore
There ain’t no other way, got to defend what’s mine
Well my old belt and holster sit nice, in my pocket got a couple a’ dice
I keep them there to remind me of the man I was
Well they tried to steal our land, we stayed when the others ran
Now I want you to take the children far away
There’s gonna be hell to pay tonight, but I promise I’ll be alright
Don’t tell me you think you wanna stay
Cause these are evil men, but don’t you worry
We’re never gonna see them again
Oh their mama’s are gonna cry, when they hear they didn’t fare to well
One man with a passion for home is gonna send them straight to hell
Yeah, they’d better fear the storm that’s comin’
They’ve never tried to beat a man like me
Oh they’d better run when the rain starts fallin’
Cause when my guns start blazing red…everybody’s dead
Well I hear the courtyard bell, ringin’ on the stroke of twelve
I take a deep breath and light another cigarette
I got the windows all boarded up, a shot a’ good whisky in my cup
Everything’s so quiet I can hear my beating heart
Then I hear the thunder roar, It’s all I can hear
At least ten horses strong
Oh, I feel no fear, for I am what I am
They wanna take my claim, but they picked a fight with the wrong man
Yeah, they’d better fear the storm that’s comin’
They’ve never tried to beat a man like me
Oh they’d better run when the rain starts fallin’
Cause when my guns start blazing red…everybody’s dead
(bridge)
Oh, I’m breakin’ a promise I made long ago to myself
I swore I’d never raise my hand to another man
But when the world I made is on the brink of disaster
Sometimes you gotta fight…to live
Yeah these are evil men, but don’t you worry
We’re never gonna see them again
Oh their mama’s are gonna cry, when they hear they didn’t fare to well
One man with a passion for home is gonna send them straight to hell
Yeah, they’d better fear the storm that’s comin’
They’ve never tried to beat a man like me
Oh they’d better run when the rain starts fallin’
Cause when my guns start blazing red…everybody’s dead
They feel the storm is comin’ They’d better feel the rain
There’s gonna be hell to pay
