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Ghost of Floyd Collins Lyrics
Hellhounds bark at the midnight fire
Fog rolls in, and the creek run higher
They saw him standin', by the railroad tracks
Tonight's the night, old Floyd's comin' back
Down, down deep in the ground
Is where his story stays
Down in Mammoth Cave, is where his body laid
Walls came in life could not be saved
No man made machine, could see the things he seen
Mr. Collins you did not die in vain
Strangers moved in, brought the circus to town
You know, there's people makin' money off a man underground
Somebody said they weren't doin' him right
That's why old Floyd's comin' back tonight
Down, down deep in the ground
Is where his story stays
Down in Mammoth Cave, is where his body laid
Walls came in life could not be saved
No man made machine, could see the things he seen
Mr. Collins you did not die in vain
Down, down deep in the ground
Is where his story stays (so they say)
Fog rolls in, and the creek run higher
They saw him standin', by the railroad tracks
Tonight's the night, old Floyd's comin' back
Is where his story stays
Walls came in life could not be saved
No man made machine, could see the things he seen
Mr. Collins you did not die in vain
You know, there's people makin' money off a man underground
Somebody said they weren't doin' him right
That's why old Floyd's comin' back tonight
Is where his story stays
Walls came in life could not be saved
No man made machine, could see the things he seen
Mr. Collins you did not die in vain
Is where his story stays (so they say)
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floyd collins was a famous cave explorer obviously from the 1920's while he was looking through a cave for another entrance because he wanted to make it a tourist attraction. when he was just 150 FT from the exit there was a rock that pinned him to the ground and noone was about to make it to save him. he lasted for a week then died.
i think this is a very intersting song and very cool of BSC to sing about it. BSC is friggin awesome
porbably my favourite song off the album, obviousl about Southern folklore as jrod said but a well written song with <b>awesome southern influences</b>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Collins
Yeah boy, I sure do! I remember it, it was way back in the '20s. They said that Floyd Collins, he'd been cought in that cave, that sand cave down there. Once he got down there, he couldn't get out. So they just left him down there and had the sirenmen right there. He just laid there and died."