In This House

Two rooms in the front another in the back
5 miles from the two lane off the beaten track
They wouldn’t say it to our faces, but we knew they talked about
What was going on what happened in this house

There were cuts and there were bruises, but never to the face
Mama always wore long sleeves, even on the hottest day
I’d see teardrops in her eyes, but she never cried out loud
That’s why no one ever knew what happened in this house

It’ll be a cold day in hell before I wish him well
There’s a deep hole in the ground and two empty shot gun shells
Ain’t a soul that’s gonna miss him, and we won’t let the truth get out
Only me and Mama know, what happened in this house

No one will ever know all the things I saw
Sometimes you do what’s right, but it may be against the law
The deputy walked in and when he was walking out
He didn’t know a thing about what happened in this house

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If it was just the whiskey that was burning up his soul
Or if he was plain evil, I guess I’ll never know
Between the good Lord and the devil some day we’ll figure out
Who’s gonna pay the price for what happened in this house

Chorus