I've seen that boneyard rider A shadow black like the night And he cried, "'pon earth and sky, tread lighter Lest your way I soon may ride"
He passed his hand 'cross the water And turned his face toward the sun And he cried, "So I, the boneyard rider Swear by blood and fire, My will be done."
We burned our bridges brighter And cast our dead out to sea And I cried, "Oh, damned am I, dark rider Don't you show No mercy?"
You see that comin' fire "Vengeance mine," sayeth he And to die beside the boneyard rider Such is doom And destiny