I met her down in a ghost town bar Eyes like smoke in a broken star She said love me once but never twice I should've known by the roll of her dice She kissed like whiskey, burned like sin Took me places I ain't never been But every rose got a buried thorn, and every kiss left my soul torn Her name was fire, she lit me up Then watched me drown in her poisoned cup I gave her truth, she gave me pain Now I wear her ghost like a blood-stained chained I lover once, I loved her wrong Now I sing her name in every song Her name was fire And now she's gone They found her cold near devil's creek With my name carved in her dying cheek Sheriff said son, what you Do last night I said I died with her, I never left the fight We danced with death in motel beds She whispered lies and turned hearts red But love like that don't ever fade It digs your grave with the vows you made Her name was fire, she lit me up Then watched me drown in her poisoned cup I gave her truth, she gave me pain Now I wear her ghost like a blood-stained chain I lover once, I loved her wrong Now I sing her name in every song Her name was fire And now she's gone I still hear her laughing in the dessert wind Still smell her perfume on my skin Some devils wear lace, some angels fall But she was both and she took it all Her name was fire, and I got burned Now every road is a lesson learned I gave her soul she took my fate Now I haunt her grave behind the gate I loved her once, I loved her wrong Still I sing her name in every song Her name was fire And she's never really gone