Down by the Mississippi, in the mud Is a five oath and a bottle of wine It's engraved in steel, it's in blood As far as I can tell, the blood is I swear and I cry, "I can't let secret down!" But best to let things lie buried in the ground
Up in the canyon's leaf ledge Is my twisted brain and a rain There's a box of lightning, there's a box of But a pail of hope next to my bottle of pain
Gov'ner if the sun down Amazing I will have found 'Cause I need time to resolve feud If I don't time I might shoot
my great granddaddy and my daddy's kin They fell hell towards you and you against him I don't know you'd ask them I don't why, I don't know how I just on the tradition
if I am so crazy as to raise this here gun Oh Lord in Heaven mercy on this one Mother, rage and hate made me blind I carry on, my neighbor, I don't know why
here in the saddle bag, my grandma's gold I ride to dawn on my lightning It's just like a story always been told It's like I don't a reason and like I don't even care
I swear and I cry, "I can't let secret down!" But best to let it lie buried in the ground
Gov'ner you realize It's the family name that makes me blind Oh God, please me, scold me too If I don't forgive, or at forget I continue with this feud Continue this feud Just like a It's a family feud And as I end tune Will I continue with the