Don’t Go into That Barn

Black cellophane sky at midnight
Big blue moon with three gold rings
I called Champion to the window
And 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 run off of the chain
I locked my door real good with a chair

Don't go into that barn, yeah
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 scratching up the sky
With bony, 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

Bank since Saginaw Calinda was born
It's been cotton, 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 plow they always dig up chains

Don't go into that barn, yeah
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 'cross the river?
Yes sir
Did you fix your rake?
Yes sir
Did you stay downwind?
Yes sir
Did you hide your gun?
Yes sir
Did you smuggle your rum?
Yes sir
How did I know?
How did I know?
How did I know?

Don't go into that barn, yeah
I said, don't go into that barn, yeah
Don't forget that I warned ya
I said, don't go into that barn, yeah
Don't go into that barn, yeah
I said, don't go into that barn, yea

No shirt, no coat
Take 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
Louisville to Henderson
Henderson to Smithland
Smithland to Memphis
Memphis down to Vicksburg
Vicksburg to Natchez