The Long Ride Back

Verse 1

Rode out past the timberline

My horse knows the way by now

Saddle creaks like an old complaint

And the sun is going down

Pre-Chorus

I done things I can't unname

Buried friends beneath the pines

Every mile a heavier load

Chorus

So I ride ride ride till the morning comes

Ride ride ride till my debt is done

If the good Lord's listening up above

Take this outlaw home

Verse 2

A letter folded in my coat

Ink has faded soft and grey

Says a woman waits in Valentine

And she prays I'll change my ways

Pre-Chorus

But the law don't ever sleep

And the past won't let me be

Every town's a closing door

Chorus

So I ride ride ride till the morning comes

Ride ride ride till my debt is done

If the good Lord's listening up above

Take this outlaw home

Bridge

Campfire smoke and a quiet prayer

Snow is falling on my hair

Maybe grace is just a road

Maybe mercy lets you go

Chorus

So I ride ride ride till the morning comes

Ride ride ride till my debt is done

If the good Lord's listening up above

Take this outlaw home

Take this outlaw home