1. |
Muddy River
03:41
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Down the muddy river in a red canoe
The moon on the horizon looking bloody too
One of us is stopping, one is riding through
To the banks of the Ohio
We traveled the Mohican back when we were young
We traveled with a pistol and a loaded shotgun
Til I left the valley with the rising sun
And never saw you again
We had dreams and bones and nothing after
Dreams and bones and nothing after
Dreams and bones and nothing after
Nothing after now
The water it was cloudy and the mud was deep
We had to go on traveling, we couldn't sleep
I left our memories buried deep
In the banks of the Ohio
We had dreams and bones and nothing after
Dreams and bones and nothing after
Dreams and bones and nothing after
Nothing after now
I miss the smell of autumn and the feel of moss
But I can't come to visit or I'll pay the cost
Buried all our sorrows with a sense of loss
In the banks of the Ohio
We had dreams and bones and nothing after
Dreams and bones and nothing after
Dreams and bones and nothing after
Nothing after now
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2. |
Skin Trade
03:36
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I bought a copy of Adventures in the Skin Trade, but
Never got to read it
'Cause I came home drunk, got beat up, and thrown out of the house
Two days after Christmas (two days after Christmas)
Two days after Christmas (two days after Christmas)
See I had a gig that night with some bennies and tequila
And a girl named Kim I thought I was in love with
But we just turned out to be good friends
'Cause we both worked at the same restaurant
Where her ex-boyfriend Frank worked there too, but I got fired
So I bought a copy of Adventures in the Skin Trade, but
Never got to read it
'Cause I came home drunk, got beat up, and thrown out of the house
Two days after Christmas (two days after Christmas)
Two days after Christmas (two days after Christmas)
I'd just finished reading Seasons in Hell and I thought I was Rambeau
And I could not tell the difference between
Right or wrong or good or bad
It was all the same to me
At the time
So I bought a copy of Adventures in the Skin Trade, but
Never got to read it
'Cause I came home drunk, got beat up, and thrown out of the house
Two days after Christmas (two days after Christmas)
Two days after Christmas (two days after Christmas)
And the snow came down (two days after Christmas)
And I went to jail (two days after Christmas)
With a bloody nose (two days after Christmas)
And it really sucked
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3. |
The Well
02:47
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The water was deep and cold as hell
Way down there at the bottom of the well
With a dream and a moan and a drunkard's wail
Falling down the hole going straight to hell
She should have stayed home
She should have kept her mouth shut
She shouldn't have been walking all alone
Falling down a hole
Going straight to hell
The water was dark and cold and scary
Made her want to scream out a Hail Mary
Bouncing off the sides all the way down
Bloody as hell, she was gonna drown
She should have stayed home
She should have kept her mouth shut
She shouldn't have been walking all alone
Falling down a hole
Going straight to hell
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4. |
Good God
05:23
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My father makes counterfeit whiskey
My mother makes counterfeit gin
My sister makes love for twelve dollars
Good God how the money rolls in
My brother’s a slum missionary
He saves fallen women from sin
For ten bucks he’ll save you a redhead
Good God how the money rolls in
Rolls in, rolls in
Good God how the money rolls in, rolls in
Rolls in, rolls in
Good God how the money rolls in
My aunt is a pharmacy student
She keeps extra scripts in a tin
Amazing what laudanum eases
Good God how the money rolls in
I work at a medical college
They’ll buy a fresh corpse for a finn
My uncle’s the town undertaker
Good God how the money rolls in
Rolls in, rolls in
Good God how the money rolls in, rolls in
Rolls in, rolls in
Good God how the money rolls in
My cousin’s an unlicensed surgeon
With instruments long sharp and thin
He only knows one operation
Good God how the money rolls in
My grandpa sells condoms to sailors
He pokes in the tips with a pin
My grandma gives backstreet abortions
Good God how the money rolls in
Rolls in, rolls in
Good God how the money rolls in, rolls in
Rolls in, rolls in
Good God how the money rolls in
My daughter makes book on the corner
She’ll cover your bet with a grin
She guarantees odds in your favor
Good god how the money rolls in
My son is a hospital chaplain
He gives the last rites to your kin
Especially if you’ll inherit
Good god how the money rolls in
Rolls in, rolls in
Good God how the money rolls in, rolls in
Rolls in, rolls in
Good God how the money rolls in
My lover’s a bawdyhouse keeper
Each night when the evening grows dim
She hangs a red lamp in the window
Good God how the money rolls in
We all keep a specialized stable
Of beasts hairy, feathered, and finned
We charge for their rent by the hour
Good god how the money rolls in
Rolls in, rolls in
Good God how the money rolls in, rolls in
Rolls in, rolls in
Good God how the money rolls in
Rolls in, rolls in
Good God how the money rolls in, rolls in
Rolls in, rolls in
Good God how the money rolls in
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5. |
Oak Tree
03:41
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Say my name again
Never heard it sound so sweet
Made it brand new, gave it purpose
Made it sound so sweet
Been awhile now, five hundred miles found
'Neath the souls of our feet
Moon tied to sea, in time it seems
What you sow you'll reap
And if you want to know me
Sing to the mountains, sleep in the sea
And if you want to love me
Climb the branches of the old oak tree
Every morning
I go back to the scene of the crime
I pray you'll find me, take me downtown
Make me do my time
My confession is a given
I'll sign the dotted line
It's you they're blaming, it's you they're hanging
In the meadow to die
And if you want to know me
Sing to the mountains, sleep in the sea
And if you want to love me
Climb the branches of the old oak tree
My past lovers all found god now
Or the bottom of a drink
What's that mean for you darlin',
What's that say about me
What's that mean for you, darlin',
What's that say about me
And if you want to know me
Sing to the mountains, sleep in the sea
And if you want to love me
Climb the branches of the old oak tree
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6. |
The Waltz
03:48
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7. |
She Hit Him
03:07
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She hit him but he wouldn't stay down
Wasn't taking anymore from that drunken ass-clown
She hit him but he wouldn't stay down
He was flopping all around like a half-dead trout
When they carried him out
All that she said when they asked her
He was drunk and he fell
She hit him but he wouldn't stay down
Wasn't taking anymore from that drunken ass-clown
She hit him but he wouldn't stay down
77 stitches they put in his head
The blood they drained out was a dark ugly red
Everybody said he'd be better off dead
She hit him but he wouldn't stay down
She hit him but he wouldn't stay down
He walks around town with a big stupid grin
Nasty old scar from his ear to his chin
A new village idiot in the town square
He laughs and he drools and sees things that aren't there
She hit him but he wouldn't stay down
Wasn't taking anymore from that drunken ass-clown
She hit him but he wouldn't stay down
Hit him but he wouldn't stay down
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8. |
Wish I Had
03:34
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heard what you did to her prior to me
I heard what you did to that kid
I thought I was lucky that I had got free
I was glad
That I left
When I did
I thought that you treated me that way one time
I thought that it was a mistake
I didn’t know then that you were such a slime
I was not
Aware you
Were a snake
So I tracked your ass down
Yeah I tracked your ass down
Now here we are darlin’ with nothin’ between us
And no one in Cleveland will say that they seen us
I wish I had known what your life had in store
Yeah I wish I had
wish I had
wish I had
wish I had
wish I had killed you before
I know that you thought that you couldn’t be found
I know you were out on the lam
You moved to Ohio with no one around
Well Surprise!
There you are!
Here I am!
So just sit your ass down
Yeah just sit your ass down
Now here we are darlin’ with nothin’ between us
And no one in Cleveland will say that they seen us
I wish I had known what your life had in store
Yeah I wish I had
wish I had
wish I had
wish I had
wish I had killed you before
So just sit your ass down
Or I’ll cut your ass down
Now here we are darlin’ with nothin’ between us
And no one in Cleveland will say that they seen us
I wish I had known what your life had in store
Yeah I wish I had
wish I had
wish I had
wish I had
wish I had killed you before
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9. |
Salvation Tavern
05:18
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Gave my best impression
Of a woman with a disposition
To stick it out and settle down with you
Started my investigation
At a tavern called the Salvation
With a lot of drunks and drifters at the bar
And I asked them if love was everlasting
And I asked them if he can put the past past him
"Love finds a way," they said, but it was only fools talking
"Love finds a way," they said, but it was only fools talking
Left my reservations
In a misspelled dissertation
That I left beside his bed in the dark
After a few dropped calls in Vegas
They fixed the phone lines from here to Mavis
And finally reached me down in Baton Rouge
And he called to say that all had been forgiven
And he called to say life without me, it ain't worth living
"I love your way," he said, but it was only a fool talking
"I love your way," he said, but it was only a fool talking
When the bar was liquidated
And fueled by intoxication
I bought a ticket on the last train back to you
Without any hesitation
Or any foul-mouthed accusations
You took my hand and led me through the door
And I lied and said that it was you that I'd been missing
And I lied and said that there was no one that I'd been kissing
"I'm back to stay," I said, but it was only the whiskey talking
"I'm back to stay," I said, but it was only the whiskey talking
I'm back to stay
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10. |
Shogun Mary
02:07
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Shotgun Mary walks by the river
Looking for her baby all night long
Got a baby blanket and an old Remington
Never lets go of either one
Took her baby away, sixteen years ago
Where they took her nobody knows
Found her in the morning in the corner of the house
Never said nothing, stayed quiet as a mouse
Shotgun Mary walks by the river
Looking for her baby all night long
Got a baby blanket and an old Remington
Never lets go of either one
Found her in the morning with a sawed-off 12
Three dead bodies of the guys she sent to hell
No ransom note, just tire tracks on the lawn
Something broke inside her, little baby gone
Shotgun Mary walks by the river
Looking for her baby all night long
Got a baby blanket and an old Remington
Never lets go of either one
Shotgun Mary walks by the river
Looking for her baby all night long
Got a baby blanket and an old Remington
Never lets go of either one
Never lets go of either one
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11. |
Crazy Eyes
02:16
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Tick-tock, Tick-tock,
Skin like porcelain, bones like chalk
Feet of clay, talking all the time, nothing to say
Crazy eyes keeps talking, circles and circles,
We should have walked away
Kept hoping the real you
Would come out to play
That woman ain't here today
Porcelain skin
And feet of clay
Green-eyed monster
Go the fuck away
Weasels in my meat-safe
Bones in my basement
Dead eyes and shark smiles
Push comes to shove
That hate fits like a glove
That hate fits like a glove
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Bone Holler Madison, Wisconsin
Bone Holler is what you get when you take primal sonic forces and stuff them into three human meat suits, then distill their sound until you get only the potent spirit of music. With decades of combined musical experience, Bone Holler will lift you with sweetness and cut you with despair, sometimes in the same measure. ... more
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