Tell Mama

Trackin’ the steps of the terrible tin man
Crack his chest – Just an empty can
I’m packing ‘lime and rope
Ain’t no room for prayer – And death is his only hope
Tell Mama I left to do a bad thing

Kickin these bricks by the shed at the back stream
There’s a poison thick in my head like a black dream
Here come the flood, I know
‘Cuz a river don’t care which way the wind blow
Tell Mama I left to do a bad thing

And I won’t return – That’s the way it should be
Hell eternal for the reaper of bad seed
Can’t say that it’s all God’s Will
I left my dog tied to Scarecrow Bill

Remember my way into his cabin at Blue Ridge
I was a young girl playin’ – He offered pop from a new fridge
Pushed my face to the floor
Took my pride and my youth – I ain’t that girl no more
Tell Mama I left to do a bad thing

Stealin my breath – I drag the freak into moonlight
Binding limbs and clipping heels with a buck knife
Blood, fear and sweat
He hear the big dogs howlin’ but they ain’t come yet
Tell Mama I left to do a bad thing

Tell Mama I left
Tell Mama there ain’t nothin’ left
Tell Mama I left to do a bad thing