Hollis Crow - Devil's Ledger (Official Audio)

He struck a dark bargain and now the shadowed highway calls him home to pay the price. Devil's Ledger Hollis Crow Subscribe for new dark outlaw country every week. #OutlawCountry #DarkCountry #CountryMusic #NewCountry #WesternMusic #AmericanaMusic #GothicAmericana #StorySong #SadCountry #ColterWall #JohnnyCash #TylerChilders #SturgillSimpson #CodyJinks #FrontierMusic LYRICS [Verse 1] Sun beat down like a hammer, on that baked earth track Where three dusty roads converged, and there was no turnin' back. My pockets were empty, my soul wore thin and frayed When a stranger smiled in shadow, and a desperate promise I made. He offered me mountains, escape from my own name A lifetime of easy ridin', for a flickerin' candle flame. [Chorus] Now the highway stretches empty, beneath a sky of grey And the cold steel pen keeps writin', every debt I have to pay. Every dawn brings a whisper, of the shadow at my heel The Devil's Ledger calls me home, a bargain hard and real. [Verse 2] I rode high for a season, with money in my hand Watched my enemies scatter, across this barren land. Built a house of timber, and swore I owned the ground But the whisper started followin', without a single sound. A chill wind from the mountains, carried sorrow on its breath And every gain felt hollow, a prelude to my death. [Chorus] Now the highway stretches empty, beneath a sky of grey And the cold steel pen keeps writin', every debt I have to pay. Every dawn brings a whisper, of the shadow at my heel The Devil's Ledger calls me home, a bargain hard and real. [Bridge] That candle flame's a stub now, drippin' wax like tears I see the gallows risin', through the dust of wasted years. No alibi, no mercy, just the path I chose to tread With the gravel crunchin' underfoot, and voices in my head. The river waits below me, dark and cold and deep A final curtain falling, as I finally go to sleep. [Chorus] Now the highway stretches empty, beneath a sky of grey And the cold steel pen keeps writin', every debt I have to pay. Every dawn brings a whisper, of the shadow at my heel The Devil's Ledger calls me home, a bargain hard and real. [Outro] The chapel bell is silent, the lantern's glow is dim Just the final stroke on paper, and the coming of the grim. Yeah, the final stroke on paper, at the Devil's Ledger's end.