The cold wind blew the preacher grieved He said they’re comin’ after me I ain’t exactly what I seem to be
He pulled his pistol from his side Pointed it at me and cried And then he laid a bullet deep in my chest
He stood still revealin’ the story That I knew was true before And now because of it I lay dying
He claimed to run with Jesse James, William Bonnie, and they all the same I ain’t no preacher man I was born of fire
Pre Chorus: Hey can’t you hear that train comin’ now Rollin’ fast down the tracks to Hell they bound
Chorus: Will I’m in over my head again I hear those pistols layin’ down I have taken the lives of many men Now the angels comin’ down I said the Angel of Death is comin’ down
Well up in the horizon Laid the red sun beatin’ cold and dying And taking with it all the lives the preacher stole
You see the preacher is not real He clenched his fists of rage and steel And spite the fires of Satan at your soul
He beat the path to Heaven’s door The angels said they’d take no more And now he walks the Earth forever ‘lone
And on the stone that marked his death When he did finally lay to rest Were the lonely words, “I’m going home”
Pre Chorus: Hey can’t you hear that train comin’ now Rollin’ fast down the tracks to Hell they bound
Chorus: Will I’m in over my head again I hear those pistols layin’ down I have taken the lives of many men Now the angels comin’ down I said the Angel of Death is comin’ down