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