Hangman’s Song

They say his daddy was a man without a name

The kind who’s known for skipping town on the very last train

He’ll be running ‘til he’s dead and gone

That’s the kind of ugly habit that you pass along

His mama swore that he was born under a bad sign

No matter where they went the trouble's never far behind

Something’s brewing and it won’t be long

You can hear it on the wind it’s the hangman’s song

Keep running from your dead-end past

Always sleeping with one eye open

Only wickedness is built to last

Yeah the law moves fast

So you’ll have to move faster

So now he’s carrying the curse of Cain

Forced to cheat and steal and wander ‘til his very last day

Moving by the night, he’s outrunning the dawn

And the men who draw the blurry lines of right and wrong

There’s a callousness he carries to survive

The money on his head that’s coming for him dead or alive

Something’s brewing and it won’t be long

And now he’s whistling the tune of the hangman’s song

Keep running from your dead-end past

Always sleeping with one eye open

Only wickedness is built to last

Yeah the law moves fast

So you’ll have to move faster

Oh to be a knife in a fist fight

Oh to know the plummet from the furthest of heights

Oh hear the echo of the church bells ring

The call declaring that he'll finally swing

Something’s brewing and it won’t be long

Yeah it’s pouring from your mouth, it’s the hangman’s song

Keep running from your dead-end past

Always sleeping with one eye open

Only wickedness is built to last

Yeah the law moves fast

So you’ll have to move faster

Keep running from your dead-end past

Always sleeping with one eye open

Only wickedness is built to last

Yeah the law moves fast

So you’ll have to move faster

Yeah you’ll have to move faster