Lyrics

The Battle for Alaska

With a devil on each shoulder
His angel’d taken flight
Northward on those waxen wings
like a moth drawn to the light

Glowing promises of
Glitter and the gold
Had called him away to the
Bitterness and cold

On the lam and leaving fast
To the land where space is vast
On the lam and fleeing fast
But you can't outrun your past

So hard to get to heaven
when you rob both Peter and Paul
And the higher that you get
the further you have to fall
It's so hard to get to heaven
when your fate is sealed and signed
When you take from Peter
And then rob Paul blind.
When you steal from Paul
And hang Peter to dry.

Hey Now! Hey Oh!
Quick grab your guns and go

Hey Now! Hey Oh!
Ride out into the snow

Hey Now! Hey Oh!
ready grab your guns and go

Ride down to the peer
I fear your end is near
The 101 has had it fill
And their ready for the kill

Hey now! Hey oh!
Hey now! Hey oh!

On the road to ruin
“The way of transgressors is hard”
Those words adorned his headstone
In a barren graveyard

Hard stones with heavy words
that pin us to the ground
Frozen spurs meet
Snake eyes stare him down
Shotgun shells
Littered all around

Hey now! Hey oh!
Time to pay the debts you owe
Hey now! Hey oh
He dies first but you die slow

So hard to get to heaven when you rob both Peter and Paul
And the higher that you get
The further you have to fall
It's So hard to get to heaven when your fate is sealed and signed
When you take from Peter
Then rob Paul blind.
Steal from Paul;
Hang Peter to dry.