[Intro] [operatic vocal loop, acoustic guitar, desert wind] [Verse 1] [gritty storytelling rap] Billy kissed the Bible with a pistol mouth, the judge fell north and Billy rode south. The bell rang once and the whole town froze, law woke up with blood on its clothes. He crossed the square with his shadow drawn, left one man dead and the courthouse gone. Dust took his name by the edge of town, and the sun went red as the word went round. [Instrumental Break] [operatic vocal loop, acoustic guitar, desert wind] [Chorus] [melodic rap hook, flowing response vocals] Run, Billy, run (gold in the dust), blood on the sun (God in the rust), run, Billy, run (no road is clean), every crown shines over a grave unseen. [Verse 2] [faster, on the run] Three came riding with rope and pride, two met earth and one learned to hide. Cards on the table, ash in the glass, Billy left silence where thunder had passed. He burned through a card room, slipped through a jail, left black hats sleeping on the old rail trail. Every mile carried powder and prayer, every town lost a piece of him there. [Instrumental Break] [operatic vocal loop, acoustic guitar, desert wind] [Chorus] [melodic rap hook, flowing response vocals] Run, Billy, run (gold in the dust), blood on the sun (God in the rust), run, Billy, run (no road is clean), every crown shines over a grave unseen. [Bridge] [spoken, tense] He wore no sorrow and he wore no name, only the shadow that followed the fame. The night leaned in and the road turned black, with every dead man riding at his back. [Instrumental Break] [operatic vocal loop, acoustic guitar, desert wind] [Final Verse] [rapid-fire, chaotic gunfight] At the mission wall in the evening red, twenty men prayed and seventeen bled. Windows sang as the horses went wild, Billy stood smiling like a guilty child. Smoke rose holy and the choir climbed, one bell tower kept its eye on time. The last shot cracked through the violet cold, and Billy hit dust with his mouth full of gold. [Final Chorus] [huge gunfight climax, flowing response vocals] Run, Billy, run (gold in the dust), blood on the sun (God in the rust), run, Billy, run (no road is clean), every crown shines over a grave unseen. [Outro] [operatic vocal loop, acoustic guitar, desert wind] They found him quiet where the hymn went cold, hand full of iron, mouth full of gold.
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