Crossroad Confessions

The door don't creak,

it just falls open wide

And the barkeep pours for the man who already died

He sat by the window

in a coat full of dust

Said I crossed the wrong road and I did what I must (mmmmm)

A woman in black

with a lantern unlit

She laughed at the preacher

and never did sit

Said she danced at the crossroads 'til morning came twice

And the man that she danced with collected his price (ohhhh)

All the lost ones gather 'round

At the tavern in the ground Pour another for the damned No

one leaves this haunted land

(mmmmm

yeah)

A soldier still walks in his muddy old boots

He orders the same drink,

forgets all his routes

Says the war ended years back

but I can't find the road

And the barkeep just nods under all that he's owed (ohhhh)

All the lost ones gather 'round

At the tavern in the ground Pour another for the damned No

one leaves this haunted land (ohhhh) (yeah)

And the barkeep wipes the bar with a rag made of black

All those faces in the bottles never coming back (mmmmm)