Welcome friend, come take a seat
Let this old soul buy you a drink
This place don't see too many strangers 
We're not the friendly type to meet
But I can share with you my stories
I can share with you my grief

I've seen war and I've seen loss
Backs broken carrying their cross
Buried an old friend on my own 
I marked her life with river stones
And at the end of this long road
Honey we all gon' turn to bone

And they say "Go old cowboy, let it go
Let it flow with the river to the coast
Let your blood wash clean all the misery you've seen
They say go old cowboy, let it go"

Well sir, I've walked in that same dark
These hands like yours have done their part
But I don't carry with me sadness
For the lives I've torn apart
See my heart hardened from the breaking
My old feet they quit their aching 
Now the fight's what keeps me hungry from the start