Wrong Side of the Road

Put a dead cat on the railroad tracks
When the wolfbane's blooming by the trestle
Get the eyeball of a rooster
And the stones from a ditch
Wash em down with bilge water
Say you'll never snitch
Take the buttons from a yellow jacket
The feather from a buzzard
The blood from a bounty hunter's cold black heart
Catch the tears of a widow
In a thimble made of glass
Tell your mama and your papa
They can kiss your ass
Poison all the water in the wishin' well
And hang all them scarecrows from a sycamore tree
Burn down them honeymoons
Put em in a pillow case
And wait next to the switch blades at the amusements park for me
Strangle all the Christmas carols
Scratch out all the prayers
Tie em up with barbed wire
And push them down the stairs
And I'll whittle you a pistol
For keepin' nightmares off your blinds
Them sonsabitches always seem to sneak up from behind
Syphon all the gas from your daddy's pickup truck
Fill up Johnny's T-bird
I got a couple bucks
Put on a little perfume
And a ribbon in your hair
Careful that you don't wake up the hounds
Tear a bolt of lightning
Off the side of the sky
And throw her in the cedar chest
If you want her to tell you why
Bring the gear shift knob from a 'forty-nine merc
And lay down here beside me
Let me hold you in the dirt
You're gonna tremble
And tear the throat out of the night
Sink your teeth into my shoulder
Dig your nails into my back
Tell that little girl to let go of my sleeve
You'll be a woman when I catch you
Come baby, fall in love with me
With my double barrel shotgun
And a whole box of shells
We'll celebrate the fourth of July
We'll do a hundred mph
Spendin' someone else's dough
Drive all the way to Reno
On the wrong side of the road
Wrong side of the road
Wrong side of the road
Wrong side of the road
Wrong side of the road
Wrong side of the road