The Devil Dancing

I am a child without you near My strongest love reduced to fear For when you're gone I'm a severed soul My poor heart bleeds from a gaping hole Love please don't leave me evermore With you I see what life is for If you should go where would I be Ther

Well Death came swagger-walkin' out of the woods Draggin' three cryin' ladies behind Just three torn dresses and a big black hood Rollin' over to their home in the sky They said, "Are we gonna die?" We all gotta die "What have we done?"

Lord I can't feed the baby, mama's sick and in bed I've got a world full of worry running wild in my head I spent all my money just to make ends meet I'm begging Lord won't you send me relief There ain't nobody in this world who'd bet a dime on anybo

I have not quite thrown Enough of me away I have tried to rip the rest of me apart But still a little bit remains But if you hold me too tightly by the reins I will crumble to a powder I will shatter and be swiftly swept away I do still want for you

I set fire to a way of living That I never want to live no more I put down the Bible for a lady and a bottle And I feel a lot less like a whore A rusted hammer and a needy generator Greet me when I awake every morning I play deckhand for the Captain