No Grave Deep Enough

Verse 1

They dug a hole beneath the cottonwood,

Said a man like me would never turn good.

The preacher spoke with his Sunday face,

While the rain came down on that forgotten place.

But I wasn't dead and I wasn't gone,

I'd been lying low since the break of dawn.

I heard every word that those fine men said,

And I laughed to myself in the dark instead.

Chorus

No grave deep enough, no chain strong enough,

No winter cold enough to make me give up.

I've been down in the dirt, I've been out in the rain,

I've walked through the fire and come back again.

No grave deep enough, no road too long,

You can bury the truth, but the truth stays strong.

When the last bell rings and the night comes through,

I'll still be standing when the sky turns blue.

Verse 2

There's a debt on the books in a town called Grace,

And a wanted man's picture with my own damn face.

The sheriff rides hard but he rides too slow,

There's a hundred miles of country he don't know.

I've slept under stars that have burned for years,

I've washed my hands in a river of tears.

And the older I get, the less I regret,

Some debts are paid, some you never forget.

Chorus

No grave deep enough, no chain strong enough,

No winter cold enough to make me give up.

I've been down in the dirt, I've been out in the rain,

I've walked through the fire and come back again.

No grave deep enough, no road too long,

You can bury the truth, but the truth stays strong.

When the last bell rings and the night comes through,

I'll still be standing when the sky turns blue.

Bridge

Let the wind take the ashes,

Let the old world fall.

I've spent half my life

with my back to the wall.

But the ground beneath me

still knows my name,

And a stubborn old heart

won't be tamed.

Final Chorus

No grave deep enough, no chain strong enough,

I've been broken before, but I've never stayed down.

I've been lost in the dark, I've been thrown from the track,

But there's always a road that'll lead me back.

No grave deep enough, no road too long,

I've carried this weight and I've carried it strong.

When the last bell rings and the night comes through,

I'll still be standing when the sky turns blue.

Outro

Lay the shovel down.

Let the black earth sleep.

There are promises

a man intends to keep.