Intro chord below) verse 1 Put the horses in the stable Load the mules on the train Set your pistols on the table Leave the dogs out in the rain Take the money that they gave you Hide it in a mason jar Nobody now can save you It don't matter where you are Turn your lamp down low Hear the four wins blow Bow your head to pray It ain't what you planned You got one last stand Let the music play verse 2 Left for dead in southern Georgia At the hands of hapless John With your baby waitin' for ya' You were home before the dawn You know your shakin' hands with Satan When your mouth is goin’ dry When that law man back in Dayton Wouldn't look you in the eye verse 3 He was nothin' but a grifter And he came to play the part Disguised as Luke the drifter Talk about a cheatin' heart And he sold you down the river when he rode into your town Then that same old Indian giver Struck a match and burned it down verse 4 Now you're alone and barely breathing Looking down from up above Needing something to believe in One lonely truth and love And the storm is slowly dying At the breaking of the day All the steel guitars are crying I'm rollin' down that lost highway It ain't like you planned You got one last stand Let the music play

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