Everybody knows it's a parade of sullen souls This is what we chose when we paid before we go Did you take his horse when you changed an honest one? Did you smell his ghost when you claimed his only son? What does it cost To defy what was never shown? What cause and cost Would deny his blood and bones? All of that what it could've been But it wouldn't be That he couldn't win was just destiny What it could've been but it wouldn't be? ♪ Everybody knows he's afraid of dyin' alone And his book is closed and his friends have all gone home Now the kids are alone, and thе saints have all been stoned What blessеd cause could deny his blood and bones? And what does it cost To defy what was never shown? Now the kids are lost And the fires will never ever grow Only that what if could've been But it wouldn't be And that he couldn't win was just destiny What it could've been but it wouldn't be? ♪ What worthy cause Could define the force of laws? What cause and loss To deny his blood and bones? Only then what it could've been But it wouldn't be That he couldn't win was his destiny What it could've been but it wouldn't be