Bill Horton was a cautious man of the road He
walked lookin' over his shoulder and remained
faithful to its code When something caught his eye
he'd measure his need And then very carefully he'd
proceed

Billy met a young girl in the early days of May It
was there in her arms he let his cautiousness slip
away In their lovers twilight as the evening sky
grew dim He'd lay back in her arms and laugh at
what had happened to him

On his right hand Billy tattooed the word love and
on his left hand was the word fear And in which
hand he held his fate was never clear Come Indian
summer he took his young lover for his bride And
with his own hands built a great house down by the
riverside

Find more similar lyrics on http://mp3lyrics.com/yFQNow Billy was an honest man he wanted to do what
was right He worked hard to fill their lives with
happy days and loving nights Alone on his knees in
the darkness for steadiness he'd pray For he knew
in a restless heart the seed of betrayal lay

One night Billy awoke from a terrible dream
callin' his wife's name She lay breathing beside
him in a peaceful sleep, a thousand miles away He
got dressed in the moonlight and down to the
highway he strode When he got there he didn't find
nothing but road

Billy felt a coldness rise up inside him that he
couldn't name Just as the words tattooed 'cross
his knuckles he knew would always remain At their
bedside he brushed the hair from his wife's face
as the moon shone on her skin so white Filling
their room in the beauty of God's fallen light