Legend

Your mother she was a wise woman
Take you what you could before her heart was broken
By living in a nation of conning tours
Selling one soul a couple on a stolen land
So you bought a ticket to a far city
Go seek your fortune like they all say
The first breath devil dressed in uniform
And after that you could choose the easiest way

So there you were the one willing to go all the way
The desperation in your act of skill
The rage of generations bound in chains
You could summon it all at will
The worse you became the more you were rewarded
Because everybody loves to raise a cane
And then you were the brand you created
To do with your name

All the money made
All the prices paid
All the time you served
Second line of bullets you couldn't swerve
And your loco style
To go with your beautiful smile

Now a lesson learnt
Even when the money hurt
It's easier to find God in a jail cell
Than it is on the streets where you came
With all the movie heroes, distorted mirrors
The snake coil poisons the trickster's brain

The last picture in the car after the Tyson fight
With the big devil there beside you at the wheel
He put up the bail and now he owns you
There's no way out of breaking the deal
The bodyguards just stop you getting close to
All the people you saved and you wanted to save
But there are others waiting for you
In the hot desert night they're ready

All the legends made
All the prices paid
All the time you served
Second line of bullets you couldn't swerve
And your loco style
To go with your beautiful smile
Now a lesson learnt
Even when the money hurts

And the music still plays
Out of the jukebox cars
All the legends made
All the prices paid