The Gallows Pole Lyrics

In the dusty trails of Tombstone under burning skies

I lived a life of shadows where a man never cries

Banks of silver bags of gold I took without fear

Each heist a whispered story 'bout the outlaw they couldn't near

A gambler's soul cards laid with a smirk

The devil's hand in every deal where darkness lurks

My laughter filled the saloons as fortunes were lost

Now it's just echoes in my heart frozen by frost

Here at the gallows the cold wind cries

Over the murmurs of the crowd under judgmental skies

Seeing faces of those I've wronged their eyes like flint

My wife's silent sobs in the morning's cold glint

Stole from the rich shared with none a shadow in the night

Bursting through bank vault doors giving many a fright

Horses fast guns loaded my gang never trailed

Townsfolk locked their doors when they heard we'd sailed

Up on this gallows looking out at the dawn

Crowd's faces are stones as the noose is drawn

My dear wife's tears break like the day

Holding our son whose future I pray

Shot a man in cold blood under a pale moon's glow

From his last breath a shadow fell and I knew it was time to go

Ran from the law through desert sands a bounty on my head

A life once lived on my own terms now filled with dread

They caught me at the break of dawn no more cards to play

Betrayed by my own kin led the lawmen my way

Dragged in chains to Tombstone no more paths to roam

A lifetime of shadows now just steps from home

At these gallows the end of my tale

My life a fleeting shadow now just a pale

Crowd's eyes on me as the preacher prays

In Tombstone's dust end my lawless days

As the noose tightens the world fades away

In the cold heart of Tombstone this outlaw will lay

Let this ballad be sung let it warn the rest

Of a life on the edge and a soul unblest