Came through the backdoor smelling like Gasoline
Half of my brothers got framed into memories
Neon and whiskey don’t fix what they did to me
So I just dance with the ghosts that still live in me

Black leather shadow under county lights
Whole lotta wrongs still keeping me alive
They all want songs, they don’t want the real life
Cold steel soul with a broke-down lullaby

Pre-Chorus
Every scar got a name now
I just want through the night somehow

Chorus
Still outlaw breathing with dead ghosts beside me
Boots full of miles and the past right behind me
Whole room lit up but the darkness can find me
Laughing too loud while the bad dreams rewind me

Still outlaw breathing with dead ghosts beside me
Smoke in my lungs and old sins trying to blind me
Sheriff got stories, my old girl denies me
But I’m still standing when the morning light finds me

Verse 2
Dead-end motel with the TV flickering
Bottle half gone and the ceiling still spinning
Whole town praying that I won’t come back
But the highway keeps calling my outlaw ass

Pre-Chorus
Every mile feels colder
Freedom comes tied to suffering

Chorus
Still outlaw breathing with dead ghosts beside me
Boots full of miles and the past right behind me
Whole room lit up but the darkness can find me
Laughing too loud while the bad dreams rewind me

Still outlaw breathing with dead ghosts beside me
Smoke in my lungs and old sins trying to blind me
Sheriff got stories, my old girl denies me
But I’m still standing when the morning light finds me

Bridge
If Heaven’s got a backroad
Maybe they’ll let us slide
’Cause all my dead ghosts
Still riding shotgun tonight

Final Chorus
Still outlaw breathing with dead ghosts beside me
No kind of preacher could ever untie me
Last call ringing but the reaper don’t like me
Too mean to die and too gone to live quietly

Still outlaw breathing with dead ghosts beside me
Boots hit the floor while the whole world’s fighting
Sun coming up and it still won’t find peace

Could work to track out and sing , fits that outlaw persona I use . Though I drive a white Malibu lol.

Let's make fun of it , So the Ghosts are dead Elvis ? Yeah pretty much. Did you see them carrying a ball and chain ? Not that I can recall . Don't ever write something upbeat like Tiki drinks on a beach ? I did when I was 12 years old
Was a bikini involved ? Of course . Was it California? Nope its was Kansas by a dough boy pool.

Thanks

Really good PTSD song!

I enjoyed listening to this song Elvis. Loved this line "Cold steel soul with a broke-down lullaby". Well done!

 thanks

Classic Elvis

Don't know where you keep coming up with these

Good job