I've seen that boneyard rider   A shadow black like the night   And he cried, "'pon earth and sky, tread lighter   Lest your way    I soon may ride"      He passed his hand 'cross the water   And turned his face toward the sun   And he cried, "So I, the boneyard rider   Swear by blood and fire,   My will be done."      We burned our bridges brighter   And cast our dead out to sea   And I cried, "Oh, damned am I, dark rider   Don't you show   No mercy?"      You see that comin' fire   "Vengeance mine," sayeth he   And to die beside the boneyard rider   Such is doom   And destiny