An Offer Lyrics

Around a table heavy haze conceals the careful few

Send a message to a man whose suffering is due

A proposal with the means to truly demonstrate

Consequential choice of torment will determine his fate

Old Man Fitzgerald laid there breathing his last breath

He looked upon his son with misplaced hopefulness in death

Diligent and moral, well respected by the town

Never took nothing from no one

Could not be accepting of an offer

Burdened by the ranch left to him by his father passed

Not one annum went before the stead had seen its last

Starving cattle, timber byre, so weather-worn and dry

Reputation has been tainted

And in desperate times he'll take an offer

And so he steps into the night, a nervous sweat ensues

Carved in stone to light the home of he who did defuse

Unaware of any presence in the silent abode

Whiskey bottle, soaking rag, he hastens down the road