Texas Knight

[Verse 1]
Matthew lived an empty life
Beneath an empty Texas sky
Somewhere near where Highway 10
Rolls into Highway 89
Pumping gas and pumping tires
Left Matt feeling oh, so small
Texas born and raised in a land
Where men are said to rise so tall

[Verse 2]
Matthew worked from six to six
At night he drank the devil's brew
To wash the remnants of his day
To try and kill the dreams that grew
Matthew's junction town was dry
But his pride was drier still
Illegal beer and whiskey nights
Made that man leave bеhind his will

[Chorus]
Ride on, Texas knight
Your broken bird's in flight
Watch his brokеn flight

[Verse 3]
They say Matt's out in L.A. now
I heard he found the Lord
I think that Jesus found poor Matt
Pretends to save his soul
Evangelist who walks those streets
With his gospel on the run
To try and save his fellow man
Before judgement day and kingdom come

[Chorus]
Ride on, Texas knight
Your broken bird's in flight
Watch his broken flight

[Verse 4]
Crusader smiles at passers-by
But he's not living for today
His dreams replaced by promises
Two thousand years old – in delay
So Matthew throws his life away
On a dead and martyred man
While Texas weighs her words and tunes
On all those Matts, that sink beneath their plans

[Outro]
Ride on, Texas knight
Your broken bird's in flight
Watch his broken flight
Ride on, Texas knight
Your broken bird's in flight
Ride on, Texas knight
Watch his broken flight
Oh, ride on, Texas knight...