Hell's Half Acre

Robbie Robertson

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Robbie Robertson

Robbie Robertson, OC (born Jaime Robert Klegerman; July 5, 1943) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, and guitarist. He is best known for his membership as the guitarist and primary songwriter within The Band. He was ranked 59th in Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.The Band has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. As a songwriter Robertson is responsible for such classics as "The Weight", "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down", "Up On Cripple Creek", "Broken Arrow" and "Somewhere Down the Crazy River", and has been inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame. more »


Year:
1987
4:21
66 
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It's way up in the Black Hills where we come from
There's a girl and she warned me don't pick up that gun
By the law of the land
By the promise that might is right
She would hold me and cry, don't you go off and fight

Somebody knocking at my door
Oh, I been called to war
Say goodbye to Tobacco Road
Wear my colors, call my brothers
For my country I'll go

Down on Hell's half acre (again)
Shakin' with fever (again)
Rumble in the jungle
Down on Hell's half acre (again)

She wrote me a letter and said what have they done
Placed a crown of thorns on this native son
Oh, maybe they're right, but maybe they're wrong
But what can I do, you're not here you're gone

Something in the air is much too quiet
Hear my heartbeat
The storms that rages from within
Three times thunder, blood runs cold
Got this wound on my soul

Down on Hell's half acre (again)
Walking on fire (again)
We got trouble in the wasteland
Down on Hell's half acre (again)

Back in the land where buffalo roam
Is this my home?
She said you've changed, you're not the same
Clouds of napalm and the opium
The damage was already done

Down on Hell's half acre (again)
Shakin' with fever (again)
Rumble in the jungle
Down on Hell's half acre

Hell's half acre (again)
Walking on fire (again)
We got trouble in the wasteland
Down on Hell's half acre (again)

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Written by: MARTIN GEORGE PAGE, ROBBIE ROBERTSON

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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