Hell's Fury

I came ridin' through the valley where the crows don't fly

Black hat low, with the devil in my eye

Got a past full of blood, and a name folks fear

You can hear the thunder rollin' when I draw near

They say hell is a place down deep in the ground

But I've seen it walkin' in this ghost-bitten town

Hell's fury ain't flames, it's a man with a cause

With a cold steel stare and no need for applause

It's the sound of boots on a churchhouse floor

When revenge kicks in and grace slams the door

You can pray to the sky, you can beg and you can crawl

But Hell's fury don't listen at all

Preacher's daughter cried when they took her away

And the law turned its back like it does every day

I found the trail where the buzzards flew

With a six-shot truth and a debt past due

Now I don't seek peace, and I don't seek rest

Just names in a book and lead in my chest

Hell's fury ain't red, it's black and it's wide

It's a storm ridin' hard with no place to hide

It's the wind in the trees callin' out your lies

While the hounds of reckoning howl from the pines

You can cry to the Lord, you can run 'til you fall

But Hell's fury don't listen at all

Now the fire don't crackle, it hisses and moans

Like the voices of sinners I've laid in the stone

And when I come knockin' with judgment in tow

Ain't no halo gonna soften the blow

So if you hear a whisper and the lanterns shake

And your whiskey turns bitter like a gut-punched fate

That's me in the shadow, payin' what's due

Ain't a grave deep enough to hide from the truth

Hell's fury ain't comin'-it's already here

In the rust of the iron and the taste of your fear

It don't need no pitchfork, no fire, no flame

Just a man who remembers and carries your name

You can plead with the wind, you can scream through the wall

But Hell's fury don't listen at all

When the sky splits open and the bells all toll

You'll know I've come knockin' for your soul