Artist: Ben Nichols / Lucero Song: Toadvine Album: The Last Pale Light in the West Tuning: Standard Note: "[lyrics]" are sung on the CD but not in the printed lyrics INTRO: VERSE 1: [I] rode myself into the ground, hell it’s almost over now, I don’t see nothing but the light Darkness filled my days, the rising sun has shown the way, [and] I Don’t see nothing but the light The preacher’s lesson, is simply Armageddon, The devil, he knows how to ride A killer of men, and no way to save them, Hell now we all have to die CHORUS: You wouldn’t think that out here, a man could simply run clear Out of country but, oh my... oh my, [Oh my... oh my] Nothing but the light INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE: VERSE 2: They took my ears in Omaha, thought me dead but I weren’t all [and I] Left them bleeding in the mud Branded me for horse thievery, between my eyes for all to see [and I] Left them bleeding in the mud When this world was made, [it] was never meant to save Everyone in kind And I don’t believe, God much had me Had me much in mind CHORUS REPEAT: INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE: ABRIDGED VERSE 3: So tell me barkeep, What is there to drink With just minimal risk Of blindness or death, it all tastes of ashes Seems that’s all we ever get, It's all we ever get REPEAT CHORUS AS FINALE: --crookedpath