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The Day I Beat the Hangman

from The Nickle Ride by Bill White

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Since the day I beat the hangman July 1853
I don’t mess with the law and the law don’t mess with me
I keep my body straight on every crooked trail I ride
And if trouble comes my way I lay down my gun and hide

In the pavilion of women I am welcome any time
They have a remedy for every sin and a prize for every crime
But if you overstay their kindness they’ll cut you down like a tree
Its happened to many a wanted man but never to me

I’ve wriggled like a baby through every country on the map
I got no respect for borders or any of that fascist crap
I have no fealty or allegiance to any president or king
I don’t lick nobody’s boots and I don’t kiss nobody’s ring

Through this old world I’ve rambled for 260 years
16 trillion incarnations …what the hell am I doing here?
I’ve blown through anti matter galaxies
shared the exile of the popes
And seen many a pirate hanging from piece of royal rope

And from the day I beat the hangman July 1951
I’ve been running from the holy ghost, the father and the son
Against the laws of heaven I have crossed many a sword
The blood of my salvation from the cup of wrath is poured

So watch for me at midnight in my chariot of flame
There is an army at my back without a weapon to its name
So I will raise the skull and crossbones to the skeletons decree
And I don’t give a damn about the devil chasing me

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from The Nickle Ride, released December 16, 2017

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