Hangman

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]
Hangman coming
Gonna take me away
I've seen no justice
For all my days

A death toll ringing
I'm on the run
The rope man singing
"Your days are done"

[Chorus]
Need to see my lady
Gonna reach my baby
'For the law arrives
Too tired to run
Let's sleep
Dream of the river
'For the law arrives

[Verse 2]
He knows my secrets
He's seen my ways
The lawman buried me
So far away

In a concrete cell block
I wait for noon
With the hangman sneering
"Your days are doomed"

[Chorus]
In that crowd, my lady
Wanna see my baby for the final time
In that crowd, my lady
She's the only one with salty eyes
Flashback baby through a time so crazy
We were old but we were so alive
Flashback baby to a time
When we maybe could have changed our lives
Sixteen summers, and the sound of thunder
Ringing softly through the blood-red sky
Sixteen summers, in the rain
That washes off my dark disguise

[Chorus]
In that crowd, my lady
Wanna see my baby for the final time
In that crowd, my lady
She's the only one with salty eyes
Flashback baby through a time so crazy
We were old but we were so alive
Flashback baby to a time
When we maybe could have changed our lives
Sixteen summers, and the sound of thunder
Ringing softly through the blood-red sky
Sixteen summers, in the rain
That washes off my dark disguise

[Repeated]
Slow-motion, through the front door
You come visit me at my house

[Instrumental Outro]