Verse
A#5
Like the lion tears the flesh off of a man
A#5
So can a woman who passes herself off as a male
A#5
They sang “Danny Boy” at his funeral and the Lord’s Prayer
A#5
The preacher talking ’bout Christ betrayed
D#5
It’s like the earth just opened and swallowed him up
D#5
He reached too high, was thrown back to the ground
A#5
You know what they say about bein’ nice to the right people on the way up
A#5
Sooner or later you gonna meet them comin’ down
A# Gm
Well, there ain’t no goin’ back
D#
When your foot of pride come down
A#5
Ain’t no goin’ back
[Verse 2]
A#5
Hear ya got a brother named James, don’t forget faces or names
A#5
Sunken cheeks and his blood is mixed
A#5
He looked straight into the sun and said revenge is mine
A#5
But he drinks, and drinks can be fixed
D#5
Sing me one more song, about ya love me to the moon and the stranger
D#5
And your fall-by-the sword love affair with Errol Flynn
A#5
In these times of compassion when conformity’s in fashion
A#5
Say one more stupid thing to me before the final nail is driven in.
A# Gm
Well, there ain’t no goin’ back
D#
When your foot of pride come down
A#5
Ain’t no goin’ back
[Verse 3]
A#5
There’s a retired businessman named Red
A#5
Cast down from heaven and he’s out of his head
A#5
He feeds off of everyone that-a he can touch
A#5
He said he only deals in cash or sells tickets to a plane crash
A#5
Not somebody that you play around with much
D#7
Miss Delilah is his, a Philistine is what she is
D#7
She’ll do wondrous works with your fate
A#5
Feed you coconut bread, spice buns in your bed
A#5
If you don’t mind sleepin’ with your head face down in a grave
A# Gm
Well, there ain’t no goin’ back
D#
When your foot of pride come down
A#5
Ain’t no goin’ back
[Verse 4]
A#5
Well, they’ll choose a man for you to meet tonight
A#5
You’ll play the fool and learn how to walk through doors
A#5
How to enter into the gates of paradise – no ...
A#5
How to carry a burden too heavy to be yours
D#7
Yeah, from the stage they’ll be tryin’ to get water outa rocks
D#7
G# whore will pass the hat, collect a hundred grand and say thanks
A#5
They like to take all this money from sin, build big universities to study in
A#5
Sing “Amazing Grace” all the way to the Swiss banks
A# Gm
Well, there ain’t no goin’ back
D#
When your foot of pride come down
A#5
Ain’t no goin’ back
[Verse 5]
A#5
They got some beautiful people out there, man
A#5
They can be a terror to your mind and show you how to hold your tongue
A#5
They got mystery written all over their forehead
A#5
They kill babies in the crib and say only the good die young
D#7
They don’t believe in mercy
D#7
Judgement on them is something that you’ll never see
A#5
They can exalt you up or bring you down main route
A#5
Turn you into anything that they want you to be
A# Gm
Well, there ain’t no goin’ back
D#
When your foot of pride come down
A#5
Ain’t no goin’ back
[Verse 6]
A#5
Yes, I guess I loved him too
A#5
I can still see him in my mind climbin’ that hill
A#5
Did he make it to the top, well he probably did and dropped
A#5
Struck down by the strength of the will
D#5
Ain’t nothin’ left here, partner
D#5
Just the dust of a plague that has left this whole town afraid
A#5
From now on, this’ll be where you’re from
A#5
Let the dead bury the dead. Your time will come
A#5
Let hot iron blow as he raised the shade
A# Gm
There ain’t no goin’ back
D#
When your foot of pride come down
A#5
Ain’t no goin’ back ... oh yeah
[Outro]
| A# Gm | D# | A#5 |
| A# Gm | D# | A#5 |
(repeat and fade)