Don't Go Into That Barn

Don’t go into that barn, yeah
I said, don’t go into that barn, yeah
Black cellophane sky at midnight
A big blue moon with three gold rings
I called Champion to the window
I pointed up above the trees
That’s when I heard my name in a scream
Coming from the woods out there
I let my dog off of the chain
I locked my door real good with a chair
Don’t go into that barn, yeah
I said, don’t go into that barn, yeah
Everett Lee broke loose again
It’s worse than the time before
Cause he’s high on potato and tulip wine
Fermented in the muddy rain of course
A drunken wail, a drunken train
Blew through the birdless trees
Oh, you’re alone alright, you’re alone alright
How did I know? How did I know?
Don’t go into that barn, yeah
I said, don’t go into that barn, yeah
An old black tree is scratching up the sky
With boney claw like fingers
A rusty black rake digging up the turnips
Of a muddy cold grey sky
Shiny tooth talons coiled for grabbing
A stranger happening by And the day went home early and the sun sank down
Into The muck of a deep dead sky
Don’t go into that barn, yeah
I said, don’t go into that barn, yeah
Back since Saginaw Calinda was born
It’s been cotton and soybeans, tobacco and corn
Behind the porticoed house of a long dead farm
They found the falling down timbers of a spooky old barn
Out there like a slave ship upside down
Wrecked beneath the waves of grain
When the river is low they find old bones
And when they plough they always dig up chains
Don’t go into that barn, yeah, hey
I said, don’t go into that barn, yeah
Did you bury your fire?
Yes sir
Did you cover your tracks?
Yes sir
Did you bring your knife?
Yes sir
Did they see your face?
No sir
Did the moon see you?
No sir
Did you go across the river?
Yes sir
Did you fix your rake?
Yes sir
Did you stay down wind?
Yes sir
Did you hide your gun?
Yes sir
Did you smuggle your rum?
Yes sir
I said, how’d I know?
How’d I know? How’d I know?
Don’t go into that barn, yeah
I said, don’t go into that barn, yeah
Don’t forget that I warned you
I said, don’t go into that barn, yeah
Don’t go into that barn, yeah
I said, don’t go into that barn, yeah
No shirt, no coat
Put me on a flat boat
Dover down to Covington
Covington to Louisville
Louisville to Henderson
Henderson to Smithland
Smithland to Memphis
Memphis down to Vicksburg
Vicksburg to Natchez
Going down to Natchez
Put me on a flat boat
Dover down to Covington
Covington to Louisville
Lousiville to Henderson
Henderson to Smithland
Smithland to Memphis
Memphis down to Vicksburg
Vicksburg to Natchez