Don't Go Into That Barn

Lyrics for 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 run 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'd I know? How'd 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 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 sunk down into the muck of a deep, dead sky 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 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." 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 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, yeah 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 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 We got to get on