No Witness In The Laurel But The Leaves (single)

If you’re a stranger you’ll be just fine
You’ve got nothing to worry about
But if you’re caught in the middle
Like so many were
No way you’re gonna get out

There’s a million hollers
Back in these hills
Branches without any names
And on the banks of one
A small wooden cross
Is the only thing that remains

Blood and water thicker than thieves
You believe what you want to believe
Ain’t no witness in the laurel but the leaves

Redwines and Kaiser’s all got along
Til Kessie and Billy ran off
One day she came home with a child on her hip
On a train ticket Billy had bought

Kessie’s brother had raised the child
And treated him like his own son
And when he heard that Billy was home
He knew what had to be done

Blood and water thicker than thieves
You believe what you want to believe
Ain’t no witness in the laurel but the leaves

Tooth a for tooth an eye for an eye
For years it went on that way
Redwine and Kaiser
Bullet for bullet
Another one laid in the clay

It took 15 years
Blood shots and tears
Finally the feud would wane
When children ask what the killing was for
Honestly what can you say


Blood and water thicker than thieves
You believe what you want to believe
Ain’t no witness in the laurel but the leaves
Blood and water thicker than thieves
You believe what you want to believe
Ain’t no witness in the laurel but the leaves
Ain’t no witness in the laurel but the leaves