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Barton Hollow

Barton Hollow lyrics by The Civil Wars. 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...

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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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