BFL: Brothers for Life - Way of the Land (Mark Peck 3:58) Lyrics

Down on the river, down the Ohio
There is a town where Satan lost his soul
I was born and raised there
Was there I learned my trade
How to cheat, rob, lie and steal
How the easy money was made

Papa taught me how to sling a gun
You see he was the best around
He made me just a little better than him
And then I shot him down

It was the way of the land
You see I didn't really kill my old man
To me he was just another gunman on hand

Had no need for law and order
I lived by the gun
Shot ev'ry soul that ever did me wrong
And then I knew that justice was done

Once had a lawman come to town
With a warrant for my arrest
I just gunned him down in the streets
And then I buried him with the rest

It was the way of the land
You see I didn't really kill my old man
To me he was just another gunman on hand

With a posse red hot on my trail
And whiskey on my breath
I traveled out into the desert and I ran my horse to death
Short after that they ran me down
'Cause I had nowhere left to run
Now in a few more days I will be hung

It was the the way of the land
You see I didn't really kill my old man
To me he was just another gunman on hand

Down on the river, down the Ohio
Down on the river, down the Ohio

Down on the river, down on the river
Down on the river
Down the Ohio