Story Behind The Song
Just a song I wrote while living in Nashville.
Song Description
An erie and spine chilling tale of an outlaw on the run. Full of imagery and ghostly flashbacks the fugitive in the story rides through the dark night uncertain of his future or fate as he desperately tries to outrun his dirty past.
Though the character in the song is an outlaw and a bad one, there still is a cry for redemption in this song. We all are running form somthing and would do anything to make it right again. The outalaw "wishes he could fly" but he's only "runnin' like the devil knows his name."
| Song Length |
3:20 |
Genre |
Country - Rock, Country - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Tense, Troubled |
Subject |
Fear, Crime, Theft |
| Similar Artists |
Johnny Cash, Bruce Springsteen |
Language |
English |
Lyrics
Devil Knows His Name
MAN ON THE RUN
GOT DEATH IN HIS EYES
A MILLION MILES OF HIGHWAY
STILL NO PLACE TO HIDE
A LITTLE EASY MONEY
WAS HIS ONLY PLAN
BUT WHEN HE PULLED THAT TRIGGER HE TURNED INTO
A WANTED MAN
1ST CHORUS
AND HE KNOWS THAT IT'S TIME
CAUSE THE MOON IS ON IT'S WAY
HE CAN'T LEAVE BEHIND THE
MEMORIES AND THE PAIN
AND AS LIGHTNING STRIKES THE SKY HE WISES HE COULD FLY
BUT HE RUNNIN' LIKE THE DEVIL
KNOWS HIS NAME
SLEEP COMES HARD BUT WHEN IT COMES NIGHTMAYERS FULL OF DIRTY DEEDS HE'S DONE
CAN'T FORGET THE MAN HE BLEW AWAY FOR TWENTY FIVE BUCKS AND A POCKET FULL OF CHANGE
2ND CHORUS
AND HE KNOWS HIS DAYS ARE DONE
STILL ON AND ONHE RUNS
KNOWIN' THERE'S A PRICE TO BE PAID
AND SOMETIMES IN THE NIGHT HE CAN HEAR AN EVIL CRY
HE'S RUNNIN' LIKE THE DEVIL KNOWS HIS NAME
THERE AIN'T NO LIFE IN A BLOOD RED SUN AND AN OUTLAWS' GOTTA RUN TILL HIS DAYS ARE DONE
INTO THE FIRE OF THAT SETTIN' SUN BURNIN' DOWN THE ROAD LIKE THE SMOKE COMIN' FROM HIS GUN
TO 1ST CHORUS