two name's

Lyrics

Verse 1
Dead or alive… that’s what they read on my obituary
Six-shooters at my sides… my horse rides like a shadow
I can’t contain the outlaws ridin’ by my side
Kickin’ up dust… settlin’ old scores in the dark
Pullin’ girls by their skirts… I stick up the bank
Ridin’ the gentleman train… each cart calls the West in me
Whiskey stinks… brings the wild bandit alive
Bartender pours another… I cheat at cards, play a dead man’s hand
Red bands slit my throat… gamble my coat away
Tossed my severed head… I cough up black smoke
Chain smoker’s curse… red boots, two names at the bottom
I belong with dead man’s skeleton hands… bluffin’ death tonight
Chorus / Hook
Outlaws call me by two names
Never give my friends a chance to know me
I’m a bad man… ride by daylight with outlaws
Johnny by day… son of a gun by night
Dead by eve… alive by night
Who needs outlaws… when I ride with two names
Verse 2
Sun rides low… mask of dawn hides my first name
Goodnight Johnny… say hello to son of a gun
Midnight strikes… my black steed runs from hell’s grasp
I trot into town… burn it down, I ride alone
Dead by day… alive by night… gamble my life away
They smell the chain smoke… man with two names on red boots
Silver cults by my side… smoke denmite, I don’t care
Hair catches fire… gold bars, silver rings, I take it all
Belt off… guns on the table… eyes stay low
Brow rises… the dead watch… my hat all burned
I’m a dead man run outta luck… two names cheat death
Even if the reaper doesn’t know… I bluff him anyway
Chorus / Hook
Outlaws call me by two names
Never give my friends a chance to know me
I’m a bad man… ride by daylight with outlaws
Johnny by day… son of a gun by night
Dead by eve… alive by night
Who needs outlaws… when I ride with two names
Verse 3 – Blues solo overlay
Stitches in my boot… knife whispers truth
Bandits got my name tattooed… I ride alone
Tip the piano man… only one without sin
He plays my blues while I unleash cult fire in the hole
Whiskey slow… like a woman I don’t have time to know
Deck of cards… cheating man on my side
Dead man paying devil’s tab… stolen soul returned
Ride twice like a broken clock… stranger to being wrong
She calls me Johnny… sugar so sweet
But I see it… she met the devil before me
Two names, no change at my bedside… burns me up
Nightfall comes… gamble dead man’s life away
Chorus / Hook
Outlaws call me by two names
Never give my friends a chance to know me
I’m a bad man… ride by daylight with outlaws
Johnny by day… son of a gun by night
Dead by eve… alive by night
Who needs outlaws… when I ride with two names
Verse 4 – Climax / Blues rock
Two dealers wear red… two black guns pound silver
One for my horse… one for son of a gun
Call my bluff before sunrise… grave diggers blind
Debt ain’t paid… I play on Death with skeleton hand
Whisper my true name… watch sunken eyes weep
I’m a dead man bluffin’ Death’s right hand
Send me home alive in a pine box… two names intact
Collect debts from gambler’s souls… Johnny don’t be good
Midnight burns… bandits die… dealers fall
Tip the piano man… drink whiskey, fire inside
I’ll kill the devil… then ride all night
Ash on my boots… dead eyes in black bags
Gamble with Death… using my two names
Chorus / Hook – Fade Out
Outlaws call me by two names
Never give my friends a chance to know me
I’m a bad man… ride by daylight with outlaws
Johnny by day… son of a gun by night
Dead by eve… alive by night
Who needs outlaws… when I ride with two names