Fire & Vengeance

I got a cut on my hand from the factory gate
I punch the clock I carry the weight
They shut the mill they sold the steel
Left us for dead with a bitter deal
My old man drank 'til the light turned grey
Said the fire inside don't fade it decays
Now I walk these nights like I walk the line
One foot in the grave one lost in time

Fire and vengeance (oh, oh)
Fire and vengeance in a shattered glass
Fire and vengeance (oh, oh)
The kind of heat you can't outlast
Fire and vengeance (oh, oh)
No glory waiting on the edge of town
Fire and vengeance (oh, oh)
Fire and vengeance raining down

I was raised on scraps and second shifts
On busted tools and broken wrists
They told me son "just know your place"
So I learned to lie with a smile on my face
Mary Jane took off with the pentecostal kid
Said this town's a graveyard with a rusted lid
Left me nothing but a trail of debt
And a hank junior tape that I ain't played yet

Fire and vengeance (oh, oh)
Fire and vengeance it don't let go
Fire and vengeance (oh, oh)
It rides shotgun to the end of the road
Fire and vengeance (oh, oh)
If you want forgiveness here's the deal
Fire and vengeance (oh, oh)
Fire and vengeance behind the wheel

There's a shadow leaning at my door
A silhouette from the days of yore
She sings a song of loss and love
Like a requiem from up above
The bells they toll in minor keys
A call to fragile memories
I wear my regret like a second skin
The battle's lost before it begins (before it begins)

Fire and vengeance
Fire and vengeance
Fire and vengeance
Fire and vengeance

Fire and vengeance (oh, oh)
Fire and vengeance it don't let go
Fire and vengeance (oh, oh)
It rides shotgun to the end of the road
Fire and vengeance (oh, oh)
No glory waiting on the edge of town
Fire and vengeance (oh, oh)
Fire and vengeance raining down