We once drew guns up at our sides
We took our shots even when we didn't like the chances
Penitence turned to threats and sideways glances
Fistfuls of nothing now clenched with pride
Arm in arm like brothers we stood
Now locked in arms the women cry for blood without mercy
Never mind the innocence give them controversy
All's a need to justify their "greater good"
Living in the sundown
Through a golden age and into ruin
The backdoor deals and the runaround
How could the blessings that were so plenty
Become so truant?
Sundown
The judge awoke like a bullet loaded in the chamber
On our heads he said justice will be watered
To review the facts the hangman never bothered
So we pay the price but the crime we didn't wager
Living in the sundown
Through a golden age and into ruin
The backdoor deals and the runaround
How could the blessings that were so plenty
Become so truant?
Sundown
Living in the sundown
Through a golden age and into ruin
The backdoor deals and the runaround
How could the blessings that were so plenty
Become so