Hollis Crow - Gravel Road Grave (Official Audio)

He rode west, leaving his old name buried deep beneath the gravel. Gravel Road Grave Hollis Crow Subscribe for new dark outlaw country every week. #OutlawCountry #DarkCountry #CountryMusic #NewCountry #WesternMusic #AmericanaMusic #GothicAmericana #StorySong #SadCountry #ColterWall #JohnnyCash #TylerChilders #SturgillSimpson #CodyJinks #FrontierMusic LYRICS [Verse 1] The eastbound train whistle cut the night, a sound I left behind. Buried my given name beneath a rock, a marker you won't find. The memory of a pistol's weight, a choice that tore my soul. Across the river, past the ridge, I lost all self-control. [Chorus] And the black crow watches from the wire, a shadow in the sun. He knows the name I laid to rest, the trail I should not run. Just dust and miles and empty space, west of yesterday's disgrace. A gravel road grave for the man I've become. [Verse 2] Washed my face in alkali, swore a different kind of name. Pitched my bed on frozen ground, learned to live with guilt and shame. A lantern's flicker, gunmetal cold, a story never told. Worked the mines and broke the herd, silent, grey, and old. [Chorus] And the black crow watches from the wire, a shadow in the sun. He knows the name I laid to rest, the trail I should not run. Just dust and miles and empty space, west of yesterday's disgrace. A gravel road grave for the man I've become. [Bridge] Sometimes a distant chapel bell, it rings across the plain. Or cold rain on a tin roof's pane, recalls a different rain. But no turning back, no final plea, just what the wind has made of me. The gallows waits on some far hill, if God allows its will. [Chorus] And the black crow watches from the wire, a shadow in the sun. He knows the name I laid to rest, the trail I should not run. Just dust and miles and empty space, west of yesterday's disgrace. A gravel road grave for the man I've become. [Outro] The black crow watches, dark and deep. My secrets that the old roads keep. Just dust and gravel, west of here. No more names, just silent fear.