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Jesse's pew was empty for three Sundays in a row
So the elders sent a party just to find out what was wrong
First thing that they found when they broke down the door
Was a yellowed piece of paper lying on the floor
Written in some woman's hand no one recognized
Was a note that had been dated August 1965
Said, "Jesse, don't forsake me, one last final score
Meet me in Del Rio, it's the one we've waited for"
The Lord was Jesse's shepherd and righteous was his path
There's still a debt to settle with the demons of his past
The double-cross had doubled back and vengeance took control
There's blood across the river and a stain on Jesse's soul
A Mexican newspaper and a younger Jesse's face
A thirty-year-old road map and an empty cartridge case
Lying by the Bible that was open to the Psalms
He took his comfort with him 'cause the twenty-third was gone
The Lord was Jesse's shepherd and righteous was his path
There's still a debt to settle with the demons of his past
The double-cross had doubled back and vengeance took control
There's blood across the river and a stain on Jesse's soul
Thirty years of dreaming just how sweet revenge can be
Will test the soul of any man and steal his sanity
And no amount of Sunday hymns is ever gonna set that straight
Jesse took the peace he found and nailed it to his hate
The Lord was Jesse's shepherd and righteous was his path
There's still a debt to settle with the demons of his past
The double-cross had doubled back and vengeance took control
There's blood across that river and a stain on Jesse's soul
There's blood across the river and a stain on Jesse's soul