Pavement Prophecy

Verse

Texas heat

Burning boots on cracked pavement

Kid named Ernie with a soul for sale

Left alone in a damp cellar

Parents were ghosts while they were breathing

Doc gave him sparks in the brain

The preacher prayed for the devil instead

Bloody fingernails on the brick

He wrote her name and she listened

Pre-Chorus

Three AM screen flickering blue

The voice in the box told the truth

Ernie saw a monster in the mirror

Smiling wider than a grave

Chorus

Hey dead kid rising

Hey dead kid rising

Bullet holes for eyes

Bullet holes for eyes

Evil Ernie is coming back

Evil Ernie is coming back

Lady Death

Take the reins

Verse 2

Straitjacket blues

White walls in the dark house

His heart gave out twice on a Tuesday

He came back with a badge of bone

Smile cut into the cheeks

Got a pin stuck in his skull

Every single person is a target

Smart Alex won't shut up

Pre-Chorus

Three AM screen flickering blue

The voice in the box told the truth

Ernie saw a monster in the mirror

Smiling wider than a grave

Chorus

Hey dead kid rising

Hey dead kid rising

Bullet holes for eyes

Bullet holes for eyes

Evil Ernie is coming back

Evil Ernie is coming back

Lady Death

Take the reins

Bridge

Doctor cut the straps and died

Ernie took the light away

Body drop

Body drop

One two three four

She called him home

Chorus

Hey dead kid rising

Hey dead kid rising

Bullet holes for eyes

Bullet holes for eyes

Evil Ernie is coming back

Evil Ernie is coming back

Lady Death

Take the reins