OUTLAWED BUT UNBROKEN (OUTLAW COUNTRY SOUL) - Levi Stoker
Fall, hanging low over the Kudzu covered rails
Walkin' past the courthouse where the quiet never fails
They got a ledger full of names and a judge's heavy hand
Tryin' to measure out the boundaries of a freeborn man
Said fold your hands, keep your head bowed down
Pay your silver taxes to the bosses of this town
I looked the magistrate right in his cold gray eyes
Told him,"Mister, my soul don't take orders from your lies."
You can sign your paper decrees, you can post your little sign
Draw a chalk boundary and say this land is mine
Cuz there's a spirit in a man that you can't align
I'm outlaw, but I'm unbroken
Livin' out the truth that they left unspoken
Let the gavel fall hard, let the heavy gate slam
They don't know the spirit of a freeborn man
I'm standin' in the light while they're searchin' for the token
Yeah, I'm outlaw, Lord, but I'm unbroken
The road through the pinewoods under the midnight thunder
Felt the core rain soakin', tearin' doubts all asunder
They call a man a sinner when he won't take the yoke
When he walks through the fire and he breathes in the smoke
I slept on the hard earth with the frost on my knees
Found more grace in the wild than in the legal decrees
You can trade off your freedom for a little bit of peace
But I'd rather die wild than live on a leash
You can sign your paper decrees, you can post your little sign
Draw a chalk boundary and say this land is mine
Cuz there's a spirit in a man that you can't align
I'm outlaw, but I'm unbroken
Livin' out the truth that they left unspoken
Let the gavel fall hard, let the heavy gate slam
They don't know the spirit of a freeborn man
I'm standin' in the light while they're searchin' for the token
Yeah, I'm outlaw, Lord, but I'm unbroken
Let the high courts judge, let the iron bars rust
Every road is a temple when you're standin' in the dust
My heart is my captain, my spirit is clean
And I'm the freest damn man that this county has ever seen
I'm outlaw, but I'm unbroken
Livin' out the truth that they left unspoken
Let the gavel fall hard, let the heavy gate slam
They don't know the spirit of a freeborn man
I'm standin' in the light while they're searchin' for the token
Yeah, I'm outlaw, but I'm unbroken
Yeah, outlaw, unbroken, forever free
