Chris LeDoux – The Passenger (Guitar)

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It was dark and I was drivin' down a loney Texas road

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The night was hot and sleep pulled at my eyes

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I was thinkin' bout the wild times and the women that I'd had

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The deceitful things I'd done and those lies

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Standin' in the shadows by the side of the road

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Was a figure of a withered old man

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He wore a black bandanna a rolled brim Stetson hat 

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With a two inch scarlet hat band

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He held his wrinkled hand up as a sign to shut her down

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So I pulled over and stopped by his side

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He opened up the door slid in and sat down

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He said my ain't it hot tonight

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I studied this old man and it seemed mighty strange

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For him to be out here all alone

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Then he started talkin' and he told me many things

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Of times like both of us had known

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He told me of the wild life and the women that he'd had

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How none of them had ever meant a thing

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And he told me of a black night much the same as this

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Of the strange and awesome things he'd seen

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A man beside the road had raised his hand

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and flagged him down so he stopped and let him in

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That stranger told him stories like I am hearing now

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Bout the wild times and all the sin

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Then the car got cold and clammy and this old man looked at me

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He said boy I've come here for you

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Your days of wicked sinnin' have come to an end

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and as mortal on this earth boy you are through

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Then his eyes got red and fiery as he took his Stetson off

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To reveal his evil horns shiny and black

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My God the fear came o'er me and my senses were all lost

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I fought with him until we finally crashed

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Next day the car was found at the bottom of a draw

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The young cowboy was found beside the wreck

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His car had been consumed by fire 

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but the cowboy had no marks

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Except the smokin' pitch fork brand upon his neck