Legend Lyrics — R.J. Sloane

Legend is an outlaw country song by R.J. Sloane for the man who's been called a legend or a hero — but knows the true weight of that word.

The veteran who stands when the pastor asks. The father his kids think hung the moon. Everyone else sees the legend. He only sees the one bad moment, the shaking hand, the cost counted in iron and bone.

Inspired by J.J. Westin in The Rustler Hunter.

VERSE 1
Rode the gray line
Paid every toll
Counted the cost
In iron and bone
High tally behind me
Higher stakes ahead
Danger in every word
Measured and weighed

CHORUS
Go ahead — call me legend
Say it to my face
Tell me the legend
I used to be
Before I fell from grace
Cost of truth stabs below my ribs
Heard every word you said
Heard it loud and clear
Watch me earn my shame

VERSE 2
One bad moment
One shaking hand
Everything I'd built
Turned to dust and sand
Couldn't argue with the truth
Wore it like a brand
False legend —
They don't know
That's who I really am

CHORUS
Go ahead — call me legend
Say it to my face
Tell me the legend
I used to be
Before I fell from grace
Cost of truth stabs below my ribs
Heard every word you said
Heard it loud and clear
Watch me earn my shame

BRIDGE
One bad call
Paralyzing doubt
One shaky hand
Loss so great
It ripped my soul in two
Man they call legend
Now worthless
Ashamed

FINAL CHORUS
Go ahead — call me legend
Say it to my face
Tell me the legend
I used to be
Before I fell from grace
Cost of truth stabs below my ribs
Heard every word you said
Heard it loud and clear
Watch me earn my shame

OUTRO
Maybe one day
I'll earn the name

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