They Know My Name

Sun risin' slow
And I got the hammer down
Fire in the trees
Blood on the ground
Should have been a milk run
Should have been an easy one
He was closing up shop and no one around
And when they get that call
And when the radio sounds
Be the whole damn world
State county and town

Sister she's a teacher
Up in Omaha
Daddy was a preacher
Til we lost the farm
Brother was a soldier came back a hero with his mind all gone
And the line gets thicker
And nobody can figure how I went wrong

They say the path is long and narrow
Up to heaven's gate
But there's a fire down below and a wider road
And they know my name

If I could start all over
I'd give it everything I got
And now I'm gunnin' for the county line
And I know first one I see I'm caught
She don't know but she might believe 'em
And I pray she just don't answer that door
And all the love in the world and the money on the seat
Don't seem to mean that much no more

They say the path is long and narrow
Up to heaven's gate
But there's a fire down below and a wider road
And they know my name

You know the last time I shot him
I didn't even hear the gun
I didn't see the shells a fallin'
I didn't even think to run
You know the last time I seen her
I didn't even hold her close
And now it's too late and never
I didn't think she'd ever know
I didn't think she'd ever know