When Death Visits A Outlaw

https://suno.com/song/7a126b4e-c5de-459f-9f09-28feda6178d5

He don’t kick the door in, don’t rattle no chain

Just sits in the corner like he knows my name

I been fightin’ shadows with a torn-up arm

And a head full of ghosts that won’t stay calm

Doctor talk circles, say “we’ll run that again”

Like truth’s just a number on a needle and pen

I laugh like a fool, say “boys I ain’t done”

Still got a few debts and a little more run

Chorus

When death visits an outlaw, I pour him a drink

Tell him “pull up a chair, give me time to think”

I ain’t scared of leavin’, just got more to prove

Still got songs in my chest and miles to move

Yeah he can wait at the table, tip his hat slow

But I ain’t goin’ with him ‘til I say let’s go

Verse 2

Shoulder’s half busted, but it still holds a tune

Strummin’ through the pain like a dog in June

Mind runs wild like a fence cut loose

But I ain’t laid down and I ain’t cut truce

They say “take it easy,” I don’t speak that tongue

I’ve been too damn busy stayin’ half young

If the clock’s runnin’ fast, I’ll outrun the tick

Turn every bad hand into one more trick

Chorus

When death visits an outlaw, I pour him a drink

Tell him “pull up a chair, give me time to think”

I ain’t scared of leavin’, just got more to prove

Still got songs in my chest and miles to move

Yeah he can wait at the table, tip his hat slow

But I ain’t goin’ with him ‘til I say let’s go

Bridge (short, spoken feel)

You can sit there all night… I ain’t arguin’ fate

But I’ve cheated worse odds… you’re just runnin’ late

Final Chorus (lifted)

When death visits an outlaw, he don’t get the reins

I been breakin’ bad luck like a runaway train

If it’s my time comin’, it can come on down

But it’ll find me standin’, not laid in the ground

Yeah he can knock all he wants, but I already know—

An outlaw decides when it’s time to go