Down to the Bone lyrics

Let me tell you a story, not gonna take too long

Just sit on down and listen under the sun

Papa, he was a drinking man, Mama wasn't very strong

He liked whisky and women, drank all night long, all night long

That night he had a nasty feeling, if he stayed in town too long

The life that he'd been leading takes him down to the bone

The moon was full around midnight, the sheriff took my

Papa down, down, down

His luck had finally run out and laid him to the ground, yes it did

It's me they blamed for the killing

They knew I owned the smoking gun

No alibi can satisfy, I fear it's hanging time, no

It's time to start 'a running and cross the county line

I hear the 9: 15 'a rolling down track number nine, rolling on

Hear my train a coming

The hounds of doom come a howling

The bayou's trying to slow me down, down, down

Better keep on moving, stay low to the ground

I'm gonna start all over with no misery and no pain, no

But if they track me down, I'll be down to the bone

But if they take my life, I'll be down to the bone

Down to the bone, midnight hour

If they take my life, I'll be down to the bone