Dust on my boots and blood in my hand

Left that woman cryin’ back in the Delta land

Her voice like a lark, but her heart full of stone

Now I’m draggin’ my shadow down this road alone

Cotton fields whisper what I tried to forget

That kiss by the rail and the lies that I let

She poured me whiskey, warm as July

Then turned cold as a preacher’s eye

Cold road to Memphis

Ain’t no map, just pain

Cold road to Memphis

Walkin’ slow through the rain

Lord this road don’t end

It just bends back again

Train horns moanin’ like a sinner’s last breath

Mud on my soul and a heart beatin’ death

Magnolia ghosts in the cypress and pine

Each step I take I leave one more lie behind

Cold road to Memphis

Ain’t no map, just pain

Cold road to Memphis

Walkin’ slow through the rain

Lord this road don’t end

It just bends back again