The church doors locked The steeple lanes low Crosses half buried Where the weeds still grow I knelt in the dust Where a preacher once prayed But silence was the only answer God Gave The rivers run dry But the blood still remains Written in dirt Are the wages of pain I carry my sins Like a stone on my chest A soul without shelter A man disposes God save me if you hear my song I've been running with the devil Far too long Every mile I ride Is a prayer gone cold Every word I sing Is a story untold If mercy still lives Where the lost can be Then God Save me Lord God save me Spilled my whisky Where the dead men sleep Heard the coyote cry While the shadows creep I've held a pistol I've drawn that line Watch good men fall With no holy sign The woman I love She turned her face Left me alone In this godless place Her name still burns Like a brand in my chest But I buried her ring Where the west wind God save me if you hear my song I've been running with the devil Far too long Every mile I ride Is a prayer gone cold Every word I sing Is a story untold And mercy still lives Where the lost can be Then God Save me There's a graveyard beyond Where the black crows wait Every stone's a reminder Every name's my fate The sky don't we But the earth still moans And the Lord's last light Don't reach these bones So I whistle in the dark Just to keep my breath Trading every prayer For another death Now the road grows narrow The night grows wide I feel the devil riding Close by my side The thunder rolls But the rain won't fall It's the voice of judgment The final call I see a lantern blow Where the rising bends Is it mercy waiting For the world's lasting? If heaven's a dream For a man like me Then I'll ride through hell Till eternity God save me if you hear my song I've been running with the devil Far too long Every mile I ride Is a prayer gone cold Every word I sing Is a story untold And mercy still lives Where the lost can be Then God Save me Save me Heat Heat