You caught my attention like a penny in a gutter

You shined all nickel and chrome

You gave me no quarter, just sugar cubes and butter

Then hit the road to wander and roam

I was mortally wounded in that…

As the Devil said to the Rolling Stones

Can you guess my name

I write about bodies and bones

It’s my claim to fame

I wear all black as much as I can

And I always have this hat

I…

That night the ground was soggy

Like freshly mixed cement

Two men stood by an open grave

One tall and one bent

The fog around them lifted

By the light the lantern lent

The bent man was a preacher

The…

I am dancing on air, save me save me

I am dancing on air, without any sound

I am dancing on air, save me save me

oh cut me right down to the ground, lord

just cut me right down…

I was woken by the devil

By the devil

In my room

He was dancing on the ceiling

On the ceiling

To a tune

So I lit me up a candle

Up a candle

By my bed

I said hey…

It's been so many years since

You've pushed our love away

Ran out that old screen door

For the Chesapeake Bay

But now you're coming in the

Basement door wanting to stay

Why don't you stay

Open your eyes and…

Down in my hole

Deep in my soul

I’m reigning

On my mountaintop

It never stops

raining

Watch the billow smoke

And let the night drag on

let the night drag on

Wrap my claws around you

Take you under…

If you are ever driving

over the nearest county line

And you see a fair haired stranger

with a bottle of dark red wine

Just keep on going

And never look back again

If you are ever walking

Past the…

When we are old

and have little time

Will you hold me

And look deep in my eyes

And will you be there

when the lights go out

To assure me

And wipe away my doubt

No matter where we…

Phone call

Message surprises you

Though you have been waiting for the call for years

They know

How much you can’t be sure

You know they are coming to take you away

Back against the wall

Nothing to do at…

Red hooded figures in farmers boots

Walking out of three different churches

Driving black ribboned tractors on cobblestone roads

Listening to down home dirges.

Their faces are glowing with phosphorus light

They stand and they sing deep into the night

…

Just float me down this river

in a coffin made of pine

I don’t need no 6 feet of dirt

to hide behind

When the preacher talks on Sunday

make sure he says my name

and all the wrongs I’ve…