| The Civil Wars – Barton Hollow Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I'm a dead man walking here - he killed someone and he may as well be dead according to the law But that's the least of all my fears - he doesn't care about the law Ooh, underneath the water - the proof of what he did is underneath the water It's not Alabama clay - ? hmmm... maybe the water talked about above is in Alabama somewhere? That gives my trembling hands away - he's not scared because of that Please forgive me father - he wants god to forgive him Ain't going back to Barton Hollow - they're never going back to Barton Hollow, which may be where they killed Devil gonna follow me e'er I go - pretty much explains itself Won't do me no good washing in the river - cleansing themselves of evil now wont do them anygood now? Can't no preacher man save my soul - no preacher can save them from hell Did that full moon force my hand? - they wonder what caused them to kill Or that un marked hundred grand? - maybe they killed for money Ooh, underneath the water - underneath the water is the evidence Please forgive me father - wants god to forgive hthem Miles and miles in my bare feet - they run from the cops miles and miles Still can't lay me down to sleep - no matter how exhausted they are the guilt wont let them sleep If I die before I wake I know the Lord my soul won't take - if they die they know they are going to hell I'm a dead man walking - hes doomed I'm a dead man walking Keep walking and running and running for miles - they run from the cops Keep walking and running and running for miles Keep walking and running and running for miles Ain't going back to Barton Hollow - same as above 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 thats the literal interpretation. but figuratively they did somethin bad and are running from their guilt but it keeps finding them and they dont think they are going to be forgiven, and then go to hell. |
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