Chris Ledoux Passenger Lyrics

Passenger Lyrics

It was dark I was drivin' down a loney Texas road



The night was hot and sleep pulled at my eyes



I was thinkin' of the wild times and the women that I'd had



The deceitful things I'd done and those lies



Standin' in the shadows by the side of the road 



Was the figure of a withered old man



He wore a black bandanna a ropin' Stetson hat 



With a two inch scarlet hat band







He held his wrinkled hand up as a sign to shut her down



SO I pulled over and stopped by his side



He opened up the door slid in and sat down



He said my ain't it hot tonight



I studied this old man and it seemed mighty strange



For him to be out here all alone



Then he started talkin' and he told me many things



Of times that both of us had known







He told me of the wild life and the women that he'd had



How none ofthem had ever meant a thing



he told me of a black night much the same as this



Of the strange and awesome things he'd seen



A man beside the road had raised his hand and flagged him down



So he stopped and let him in



That stranger told him stories that I am hearing now



Bout the wild times and all the sin







Then the car got cold and clammy and this old man looked at me



He said boy I've come here for you



Your days of wicked sinnin' have come to an end



As a mortal on this earth boy you are through



Then his eyes got red and fiery as he took his Stetson off



To reveal his evil horns shiny and black



My God the fear came over me and my senses were all lost



I fought with him until we finally erashed







Next day they found the car at the bottom of a draw



The young cowboy was found beside the wreck



His ear had been consumed by fire the cowboy had no marks



Except the smoke and pitch fork brand upon his neck