Any other fool would have seen this comin'
Any other fool would have hired someone
Look at me shaking in my boots
Guess I'm losing my touch
Life gets cruel, but this is too much
'Cause we live in a scripted cage ('Cause we live in a scripted cage)
We live in a scripted cage (We're living in a cage)
And we're coming on the final page
I know you know what I'm hiding
Ain't no secret why we ain't out riding
Those penetrating eyes see through every pretense
Lost your speed but you've still got horse sense
'Cause we live in a scripted cage ('Cause we live in a scripted cage)
And we knew by the final page (We knew it by the page)
I'd be loading up the old 12-gauge
Let's just cry and say goodbye
Let's just cry and say goodbye
All I can say you've already heard
And a bullet's worth a thousand words
You know I never could escape these premonitions
I never understood these lame traditions
Cowboys following a code
No one reads the fine print
We all try to show mettle, but I know where mine went
'Cause we live in a scripted cage ('Cause we live in a scripted cage)
And we knew by the final page (We knew it by the page)
I'd be loading up the old 12-gauge
Let's just cry and say goodbye
Let's just cry and say goodbye
All I can say you've already heard
And a bullet's worth a thousand words
Let's just cry and say goodbye
Let's just cry and say goodbye
Every blessed memory
Frozen in stills
Each man loves the thing he kills
All I can say
You've already heard
And a bullet's worth a thousand words