Well the cold wind blew the preacher's creed He said they're comin' after me I ain't exactly what I seem to be He pulled a pistol from his side Pointed it at me and cried And he laid a bullet deep in my chest Well he stood still revealin' a story That I knew was true before and Now because of it, I lay dyin' He claimed to run with Jesse James William, Bonnie and they all the same Ain't no preacher man I was born to fight Yeah can't you hear that train comin' now? Rollin' fast down the tracks to hell they're bound Well I'm in over my head yeah I hear those pistols layin' down I've taken the lives of many men Now the angel's comin' down I said the angel of death is comin' 'round Yeah and Lord take my soul I'm goin' down, yeah Well up in the horizon lay the red sun beatin' cold and dyin' Takin' with it all the lives that we just stole You see the preacher is not real He clinched his fists of rage and steel And spit the fires of Satan at your soul Now he beat the path to Heaven's door And the angel said to take no more Now he walks the earth forever alone And on the stone that marked his death When he did finally lay to rest Were the lonely words "Going home" Yeah can't you hear that train comin' now? Rollin' fast down the tracks to hell they're bound Well I'm in over my head yeah I hear those pistols layin' down I've taken the lives of many men Now the angel's comin' down I said the angel of death is comin' 'round Yeah and Lord take my soul I'm goin' down, yeah