Don't Go Into That Barn

Don't go into that barn, yea [2x]

Black cellophane sky at midnite

Big blue moon with three gold rings

I called Champion to the window

And I pointed up above the trees

That's where I heard my name in a scream

Coming from the woods, out there

I let my dog run off the chain

I locked my door real good with a chair

Don't go into that barn, yea [2x]

Everett Lee broke loose again

Its worse than the time before

Cause he's high on potato and tulip wine

Fermented in the muddy rain of course

A drunken wail a drunk train

Blew through the birdless trees

Oh, you're alone alright

Your alone alright

How did I know [2x]

Don't go into that barn, yea [2x]

An old black tree

Scratching up the sky

With boney, claw like fingers

A rusty black rake

Digging up the turnips

Of a muddy cold grey day

Shiny tooth talons

Coiled for grabbing a stranger

Happening by

And the day when home early

And the sun sank down into

The much of a deep dead sky

Don't go into that barn, yea [2x]

Bank since Saginaw Calinda was born

It's been cotton, soybeans, tobacco and corn

Behind the porticoed house of a

Long dead farm

They found the falling down timbers

Of a spooky old barn

Out there like a slave ship

Upside down

Wrecked beneath the waves of a rain

When the river is low

They find old bones and

When they plow they always

Dig up chains

Don't go into that barn, yea [2x]

Did you bury your fire?

Yes sir

Did you cover your tracks?

Yes sir

Did you bring your knife?

Yes sir

Did they see your face?

No sir

Did the Mom see you?

No sir

DId you go cross the river?

Yes sir

Did you fix your rake?

Yes sir

Did you stay down wind?

Yes sir

Did you hide your gun?

Yes sir

Did you smuggle your rum?

Yes sir

How did I know [3x]

Don't go into that barn, yea [2x]

Don't forget that I warned you

Don't go into that barn, yea [3x]

No shirt no coat

Put me on a flat boat

Dover, down to Covington

Covington to Louisville

Louisville to Henderson

Henderson to Smithland

Smithland to Memphis

Down to Vicksburg to

Natchez put me on a

Flat boat Dover Dam

To Covington, Covington to

Louisville, Louisville to

Henderson...