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Artist: The Civil Wars
Canonical path: /the-civil-wars/barton-hollow
Related lyric paths: 6
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Barton Hollow
Read Barton Hollow lyrics by The Civil Wars on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Barton Hollow
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I'm a dead man walking here
But that's the least of all my fears
Ooh, underneath the water
It's not Alabama clay
That gives my trembling hands away
Please, forgive me, father
Ain't going back to Barton Hollow
Devil gonna follow me e'er I go
Won't do me no good washing in the river
Can't no preacher man save my soul
Did that full moon force my hand?
Or that un marked hundred grand?
Ooh, underneath the water
Please, forgive me, father
Miles and miles in my bare feet
Still can't lay me down to sleep
If I die before I wake
I know the lord my soul won't take
I'm a dead man walking
I'm a dead man walking
Keep walking and running and running for miles
Keep walking and running and running for miles
Keep walking and running and running for miles
Ain't going back to Barton Hollow
Devil gonna follow me e'er I go
Won't do me no good washing in the river
Can't no preacher man save my soul
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