Let It Ride

Verse 1

Old debt

Deep regret

Heavy head

Buried under what I said

Gasoline and bitter wine

Stolen luck and wasted time

Boot heels dragging through the mud

Six shooters clicking in the flood

Iron in the creek thick red blood

I sold my watch

Traded grain

Left the keys

Left the pain

Crawling on my dirty knees

Chorus

Oh the hammer falls heavy on the mountain side

Let it ride

Let it ride

I got nowhere left to hide

Yeah the hammer falls heavy on the mountain side

Let it ride

Let it ride

Post-Chorus

Hey

Lord have mercy

Hey

Lord have mercy

Down in the water

Down in the water

Verse 2

Rope

Soap

Tied tight

Wrong side of a Friday night

Around the neck

Burning down the wooden deck

Luck ran out and the cards went bad

Best damn mistake that I ever had

I took the gold

I took the blame

Hid the shame

I forgot my Christian name

Forgot my name

Forgot my name

Chorus

Oh the hammer falls heavy on the mountain side

Let it ride

Let it ride

I got nowhere left to hide

Yeah the hammer falls heavy on the mountain side

Let it ride

Let it ride

Post-Chorus

Hey

Lord have mercy

Hey

Lord have mercy

Down in the water

Down in the water

Bridge

Copperheads in the river bed

Vultures circling overhead

No mercy for the living

No mercy for the dead

No mercy for the broken

Just a bullet made of lead

Chorus

Oh the hammer falls heavy on the mountain side

Let it ride

Let it ride

I got nowhere left to hide

Yeah the hammer falls heavy on the mountain side

Let it ride

Let it ride

Post-Chorus

Hey

Lord have mercy

Hey

Lord have mercy

Down in the water

Down in the water

Outro

Let it go

Six feet

Let it go

Deep sleep

Done now