Justice Lies Lyrics—R.J. Sloane

Justice Lies is a hard-driving outlaw country song by R.J. Sloane about the burning fury of watching the corrupt prosper while honest men pay the price.

They smile for the cameras, shake hands, and rake in millions—while the rest of us grind for scraps they toss on the ground. Nobody sees. Nobody fights. This one doesn't resolve the injustice. It just names it, raw and unblinking, and dares someone to do something about it.

VERSE 1
Smooth-talking saviors
Swore to serve
Pride a medal
Pinned to their chest
Smile, teeth gleaming
Shaking hands
Camera flash
Behind closed doors
Boot crushing throats
Stabbed through the back

PRE-CHORUS
Truth
Honor
Hard work
Pay what's owed
Hole dug deeper
Honest never enough

CHORUS
They live in the gray
Rake in the dough
Silver tongues
Haughty eyes
Doing right still loses the game
Anyone see?
Brave enough to fight
Ain't fair—
Evil's smooth ride

VERSE 2
Flashy headlines
Sound good and right
Half-truths hidden
Below all the shine
Lights fade
Heavy iron chains
Cuffed on the broken
Not a wink lost
While we claw
For scraps they toss

PRE-CHORUS
Truth
Honor
Hard work
Pay what's owed
Hole dug deeper
Honest never enough

CHORUS
They live in the gray
Rake in the dough
Silver tongues
Haughty eyes
Doing right still loses the game
Anyone see?
Brave enough to fight
Ain't fair—
Evil's smooth ride

BRIDGE
Where's the reckoning
When evil has its way
Good men—
Are the ones who pay
Justice is a lie
Never gonna change

FINAL CHORUS
They live in the gray
Rake in the dough
Silver tongues
Haughty eyes
Doing right still loses the game
Anyone see?
Brave enough to fight
Ain't fair—
Evil's smooth ride

OUTRO
Still losing the game
Want to be
Brave enough to fight

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