BK

Lyrics

Verse 1
You read my name
In someone else’s handwriting
Bent page
Burnt edge
Every word already fighting
You took your seat
On a jury I’ve never seen
Passed down a life
For a crime you dreamed

Pre-Chorus
I kept my mouth shut
While you carved me in stone
Guess it’s easier to hate me
Than to say you don’t know

Chorus
So call me just another Billy the Kid
Outlaw in a story that I never picked
Shoot first
Then you hang my picture high
Silver frame on your favorite lie
Yeah
Call me just another Billy the Kid
If it makes you feel holy for what you did
You don’t need truth
You just need a sin
So pull that trigger on my name again

Verse 2
You crowned my ghosts
Paraded them down your street
Sold my worst day
As a ticket for your seat
You need a villain
To keep your hands looking clean
So you paint me black
‘Til there’s nothing in between

Pre-Chorus
I’m tired of begging
For a face you won’t see
You never wanted the good
You just wanted me guilty

Chorus
So call me just another Billy the Kid
Outlaw in a story that I never picked
Shoot first
Then you hang my picture high
Silver frame on your favorite lie
Yeah
Call me just another Billy the Kid
If it makes you feel holy for what you did
You don’t need truth
You just need a sin
So pull that trigger on my name again

Bridge
[Flute and synth swell under half-time drums]
I don’t blame you
Not anymore (not anymore)
You had your shadows to answer for
If you can’t see light in what I’ve lived
I’ll ride alone with what I didn’t give

Chorus
So call me just another Billy the Kid
Outlaw in a story that I never picked
Shoot first
Then you hang my picture high
Silver frame on your favorite lie
Yeah
Call me just another Billy the Kid
If it keeps your cracked halo where it is
You don’t need truth
You just need a sin
Say my name and let the tale begin (again)

Outro
I dont blame you for writing me as you have. You had to believe other stories. But then I dont know if any of you would believe anything good of me anyway.