it was cold late november

the witching hour near

the wind howled through the gallows tree

no one shed a tear

I felt the rope around my neck

a man the world forgot

I knew right then what I had to do

so I said goodbye to god

I slept in transylvania

walked with the undead

rode the night with jesse james

reveled in my sins

I hung with no signs of life

yet I still I lived

to hell with dyin with regrets

the grave it don't forgive

chorus:

look to the west

cross my heart and die

remember who I am oh lord

when they hang me high

hang me high

there’s only one chance in this life

to do or die is all

a thousand ways I might go

one’s just as good as them all

I dredged up my heartbeat

stole one more breath

cut the rope around my throat

now I cheated death