Lyrics
Verse 1
Dust road a mile behind the church
I been countin every fence post since the dark
My hands still shakin from the night before
From the thing I can't remember anymore
She held a letter out to me
Said it come from somebody overseas
I don't recall the words I spoke
Just the way the floorboards finally broke
Chorus
Oh Lord what did I do what did I do
There's a siren winding cross the hollow
Oh Lord what did I do what did I do
And the red light finds me where I follow
Verse 2
Headlights climb the gravel rise
Two deputies with steady eyes
One calls out my given name
The other one knows I'm not the same
I ain't got nowhere to run
Just a rubber band and a busted gun
The moon is pale the wind is thin
And every shadow knows my sin
Pre-Chorus
They're gettin closer to the fence
I can hear the leather goin tense
Been three days since I ate
Been three nights since I knew my fate
Chorus
Oh Lord what did I do what did I do
There's a siren winding cross the hollow
Oh Lord what did I do what did I do
And the red light finds me where I follow
Bridge
Sheriff stands with his hat pulled low
Asks me kindly if I want to go
I say sheriff I don't know the road
Don't know the weight I used to tow
My mother taught me how to pray
Before the war took me away
Now the words come out all wrong
Like a half-forgotten song
Chorus
Oh Lord what did I do what did I do
There's a siren winding cross the hollow
Oh Lord what did I do what did I do
And the red light finds me where I follow
Verse 3
Cuffs are cold against my wrist
Deputy's got a steady fist
He reads me rights in a quiet tone
Like a prayer I've never known
I ask him bout my younger days
He just shakes his head and looks away
The courthouse sits across the bend
Where my whole life begins to end
Pre-Chorus
The engine hums the tires roll
The past is heavy in my soul
If I could take it back tonight
I'd trade the darkness for the light
Chorus
Oh Lord what did I do what did I do
There's a siren winding cross the hollow
Oh Lord what did I do what did I do
And the red light finds me where I follow
Outro
Oh Lord
Oh Lord
What did I do
What did I do
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