Free Before The Break Of Day

Verse

Burned my bills in a coffee can,

Left the keys in the old Trans Am.

Told the devil he can keep my name,

Ain’t no law gonna stake its claim.

I’m headin’ where the sand meets flame,

Where the snakes don’t lie and men got no shame.

Verse

Ain’t no border gonna hold my soul,

Ain’t no preacher gonna make me whole.

I’d rather drown where the sharks still bite,

Than choke on rules in a neon light.

You call it reckless — I call it right,

I call it breathin’ for the first damn night.

Chorus

So pour my ashes in the red sun dust,

No cross on my grave, no man I trust.

I’ll fish with the devils and drink with the beasts,

Where the world don’t care and the silence speaks.

Don’t cry for me when I fade away,

I was free before the break of day.

Verse

Tax man knockin’ — I just laugh,

Ain’t no number on my epitaph.

Gonna freedive deep where the currents sing,

Find truth in the sting of everything.

Venom feels honest, the wild feels right,

The rules all die when you leave the fight.

Verse

Wind at my back and the sky on fire,

Old steel horse and a worn-out tire.

Got miles to burn, no debts to pay,

Just a heart that howls and a soul that strays.

If freedom kills me, that’s okay —

I was born to ride and fade away.

Bridge

Let the vultures circle — I’ll raise my glass,

To the life I lived and the fools I passed.

No chain, no crown, no promised land,

Just a scarred old heart and a steady hand.

Verse

If my story’s told in a bar one night,

By a stranger’s laugh in the pale moonlight,

Tell ‘em I danced with the dark and stayed —

Never begged, never broke, never prayed.

Just a ghost of dust where the wild things play,

Still ridin’ on before the break of day.

Chorus

Pour my ashes in the red sun dust,

No cross on my grave, no man I trust.

I’ll fish with the devils and drink with the beasts,

Where the world don’t care and the silence speaks.

Don’t cry for me when I fade away,

I was free before the break of day.

Outro

Let the storm roll in, let the jackals call,

I found peace beyond it all.

No church bell sound, no tear, no plan —

Just the wild, and me — a free damn man.