I've searched across the this land
For a thousand years
I've watched the widows mourn
Seen a million tears
Brave men with braver words
Set to rights with steel
But I've told the preacher man
You don't have to kneel
Just bury me…at the crossroad
Just bury me…at the crossroad
Live by the gun…die by that code
Just bury me…at the crossroad
Gone are times of happiness
With shadows over me
They watch for signs upon my face
But they will never see
The trail of dead leads to my door
A bullet for every name
And when the sun goes down on me
It will wash away my shame