the shadow of a black crow

i am levitating somewhere down the road

with a price on my head and the shadow of a black crow

he's been on my tail for close to three days

just a little souvenir of my wicked ways

i would rather die fast than to ever live slow

father forgive me what my mother don't know

the scratch marks on my soul

from the shadow of a black crow

i've got a box of reds and a bottle of the blues

comes a time in your life honey you've gotta choose

my belly's on fire from the acid of the truth

all the untold lies of my misspent youth

i would rather die fast than to ever live slow

father forgive me what my mother don't know

the scratch marks on my soul

from the shadow of a black crow

it's pretty when you're young just a pity when you're old

yeah

am i running away or am i closer to home

the lines and the signs and the miles go by

no one ever bothered to even ask me why

so i am disappearing into this road

with a six pack of sorrow and the shadow of a black crow

i would rather die fast than to ever live slow

father forgive me what my mother don't know

the scratch marks on my soul

from the shadow of a black crow