Don't Go into That Barn

Don't go into that barn, yea I said: don't go into that barn, yea Black cellophane sky at midnite 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 the chain I locked my door real good with a chair Don't go into that barn, yea I said: don't go into that barn, yea Everett Lee broke loose again, It's worse than the time before Because 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, yea I said: don't go into that barn, yea An old black tree, scratching up the sky With boney, 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, yea I said: don't go into that barn, yea Back since Saginaw Calinda was born, It's been cotton and soyabeans, 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, yea I said: don't go into that barn, yea 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 down wind? Yes sir! Did you hide your gun? Yes sir! Did you smuggle your rum? Yes sir! I said: how did I know How did I know How did I know Don't go into that barn, yea I said: don't go into that barn, yea Don't forget that I warned you I said: don't go into that barn, yea Don't go into that barn, yea 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 Take me on a flat boat Dover Dam to Covington Covington to Louisville Louisville to Henderson Henderson to