Rambling Blade - Gillian Welch

I am the rake and the rambling blade

Bound to dance in the hangman’s shade

Wear my scars, white as lace

Save me a prayer and a resting place

Oh, I am the rake and the rambling blade

You’ll never know the miles I made

All my time spent on the run

But I have no debts and I promise none

I’ve never been a workin' man

I never took money from a needy hand

I won’t take nothin' for my journey now

Though I see a sign a-hangin' 'bout

Oh, I see the sign a-hangin' 'bout

I am the rake and the rambling blade

Bound to dance in the hangman’s shade

Wear my scars, white as lace

Save me a prayer and a resting place

For I am the rake and the rambling blade