Throw Me to the Sharks

Intro

Am – F – C – G

Am – F – C – G

Verse

I’ve had my fill of clock hands spinnin’ slow,

Boss man talkin’ like he owns my soul.

Fluorescent lights and fake smiles bite,

I’m cashin’ out, ridin’ into night.

Gonna trade this tie for a fishin’ line,

Swap my name for a whisper in the pines.

If freedom kills me, let it be,

At least the wild remembers me.

Chorus

Don’t cry when I’m gone, don’t pray for my bones,

I’ve been dead in them office walls too long.

Just pour one out where the moonlight sparks,

And throw me to the ocean,

Yeah, throw me to the sharks.

Verse

I trust a rattler more than any friend,

At least his truth’s got a poison end.

Crocodiles don’t fake their smile,

They drag you down honest every time.

The world’s gone soft, I’ve gone hard,

I’ll sleep where the coyotes guard.

Beneath that naked starry sprawl,

I’ll find a God that don’t talk at all.

Verse

I’ve got no use for a church or law,

Just the taste of rain and the eagle’s call.

I’ll build my home from the river’s drift,

And find my peace in the canyon’s rift.

Let the night wind teach me what I need,

And the snakes and gators watch my creed.

I’ve been chained too long, I’ve paid my dues,

Now I walk the path I choose.

Chorus

Don’t cry when I’m gone, don’t pray for my bones,

I’ve been dead in them office walls too long.

Just pour one out where the moonlight sparks,

And throw me to the ocean,

Yeah, throw me to the sharks.

Verse

If I die beneath a blood-red sky,

No tears for me, no last goodbye.

The wolves will howl, the stars will burn,

And in that dark, I’ll find my turn.

Every heartbeat lived, every moment true,

No chains of man, just the morning dew.

So raise a glass and sing my song,

I’ve been a rebel all along.

Bridge

Let the thunder roll, let the rain baptize,

This runaway soul in the black of the skies.

I’ll die with mud on my hands, not regret,

And a grin the world ain’t broken yet.

Chorus

Don’t cry when I’m gone, don’t pray for my bones,

Just laugh at the life I called my own.

Sing my name to the river dark,

Then throw me to the ocean,

Yeah, throw me to the sharks.

Outro

Am – F – C – G

Am – F – C – G

Am

No tombstone, no mournful mark,

E

Just the tide and the teeth,

Am

And a soul set free in the dark.