5 a.m., I got a knock on the door/ Wiping sleep from my eyes, body still sore/ Chasing ghosts with a harp and a handclap trap/ Putting nails in the coffin so they never come back/ But maybe my mistakes have finally tracked me down/ I owe money like favors and luck always comes around/ This town is so loud, the quiet death gets lost/ traveling on a pale horse no matter the cost/ to break the gates down and force your way in/ footsteps crack the stone, my hands grab the violin/ It's 5 a.m., at least the sky and stars look about right/ The moon looks full of revenge and spite/ Coming down on me like I don't know my scripture/ But I can use these words and fists to paint pictures/ Usually red is my color of choice/ Can't always count on somebody hearing my voice, I'm saying/ Good sense would be my probable cause/ Jury can't see me, judge can't force no charge/ You like that? Tell me, what's the attraction/ Trouble don't look pretty but it's full of action/ They must be looking for the serpent/ Or the last bite of the apple/ But I heard it wasn't worth it to let talk like that travel/ Into your home or into your business/ Still knocking down that door trying to start what I'll finish/ Come on
When death comes knocking comes knocking when death comes knocking on my door/ I'm a meet it with a handshake and I won't have to say no more
Everybody gotta a story; I choose to listen then judge/ Hell can wait, but heaven hurries a man up/ I work for both sides, making my living on souls/ I make them all decide what matters to them more/ Some want answers, others get confused/ How I make you choose between the hands or tools/ I use a hammer and nails or my knuckles and scales/ While singing certain notes could send you right into the air/ They want explanations for their grief, unjust and corrupt/ Some sit down for whiskey, some just want blood/ That's why my body rises when dawn comes calling/ New face new story feel the temperature dropping/ When I see my warm breath paint the window closed/ My hands feel the fire like I'm raking the coals/ So it goes to his children singing songs of threat/ While I'm clapping for my life on the threshold of regret
When death comes knocking comes knocking when death comes knocking on my door/ I'm a meet it with a handshake and I won't have to say no more,
Keep knocking on my door...keep knocking on my door...
I was born an orphan passed down through rivers and plains/ Outcast on my terms, like St. Alexis gave my life away/ To a troubled unpredictable world that needed two hands/ I gave them at the wrists, obeyed every command/ Started seeing hollow bodies following me home/ Grieving and singing about their loved ones gone/ 12 years old sleeping in a shed guarded by thorns/ The first knock on the door started my holy war/ Good and evil couldn't help me/ Down and out couldn't make them see/ Only a saint without a name setting prisoners free/ Work and suffer, my sisters and brothers/ Find me when it's time to discover your maker or your lover/ Held in tight arms taking a leap of faith/ I remember every life; I remember every face/ I can't tell you what they'll see, it's not my business to ask/ Heaven or hell is what I'm giving let me show you the path
When death comes knocking comes knocking when death comes knocking on my door/ I'm a meet it with a handshake and I won't have to say no more,
Keep knocking on my door...keep knocking on my door...