The Legend Of Wooley Swamp-The Charlie Daniels Band

[ti:The Legend Of Wooley Swamp] [ar:The Charlie Daniels Band] [al:The Ultimate Charlie Daniels B] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Legend Of Wooley Swamp - The Charlie Daniels Band [00:19.07]Well if you ever go back into Wooley Swamp well you better not go at night [00:23.62]There's things out there in the middle of them woods [00:26.32]That'd make a strong man die from fright [00:28.06] [00:28.93]There's things that crawl and things that fly [00:30.81]And things that creep around on the ground [00:33.26]And they say the ghost of Lucias Clay gets up and it walks around [00:37.03]But I couldn't believe it I just had to find out for myself [00:41.04]And I couldn't conceive it I never would listen to nobody else [00:47.25]No I couldn't believe it I just had to find out for myself [00:52.01] [00:52.82]That there's some things in this world you just can't explain [00:56.08] [01:00.50]The old man lived in the Wooly Swamp way back in the gurgling woods [01:04.07] [01:05.19]And he never did do a lot of harm in the world [01:07.33]But he never did do no good [01:08.89] [01:09.76]People didn't think too much of him [01:11.46]They all thought he acted funny [01:13.16] [01:13.85]The old man didn't care about people anyway [01:16.05]All he cared about was his money [01:17.86] [01:18.67]He'd stuff it all down in Mason jars and bury it all around [01:22.07] [01:23.00]But on certain nights if the moon was right [01:25.58]He'd dig it up out of the ground [01:27.39] [01:27.95]He'd pour it all out on the floor of his shack [01:30.57]And run his fingers through it [01:31.61]Old Lucias Clay was a greedy old man [01:34.98]And that's all there ever was to it [01:36.69] [01:41.65]But I couldn't believe it I just had to find out for myself [01:46.30]And I couldn't conceive it I never would listen to nobody else [01:51.24]No I couldn't believe it I just had to find out for myself [01:56.82]That there's some things in this world you just can't explain [02:00.34] [02:04.76]The Crayton boys were white trash they lived over on Parvis Creek [02:07.76] [02:08.75]They were a real snake and sneaky as a cat [02:11.03]And belligerent when they'd speak [02:13.10]One night the oldest brother said ya'll meet in the Wooly Swamp later [02:17.24]We'll get old Lucias' money and we'll pitch him to the alligators [02:21.32]They found the old man out in the back with a shovel in his hand [02:27.00]And thirteen rusty Mason jars he just dug up out of the sand [02:31.53]And they all went crazy and they beat the old man [02:34.66]Then they picked him up off the ground [02:36.10]Then they threw him in the swamp and they stood there and laughed [02:38.84]Till the black water sucked him down [02:40.68] [02:41.36]Then they turned around and went back to the shack [02:43.38]And they picked up the money and ran [02:45.58]But they hadn't gone nowhere when they realized [02:47.96]They were running in quicksand [02:49.70] [02:50.26]And they struggled and screamed but they couldn't get away [02:52.91]Then just before they were gone [02:54.47] [02:55.11]They could hear that old man laughing [02:56.73]In a voice that was loud and strong [02:58.94] [02:59.93]Now that's been fifty years ago an' if you go back by there again [03:04.33] [03:04.90]There's a spot in the yard in back of that shack [03:07.34]Where the ground is always wet [03:08.77] [03:09.52]And on certain nights if the moon is right [03:11.85]And you're down by the dark footpath [03:13.49] [03:14.05]You can hear three young men screaming [03:16.25]And you can hear that old man laugh [03:18.26] [03:19.07]If you ever go back into Wooly Swamp son you better not go at night [03:23.13]There's things out there in the middle of them woods [03:25.77]That'd make a strong man die from fright [03:28.10]There's things that crawl and things that fly [03:30.29]And things that creep around on the ground [03:32.74]And they say the ghost of Lucias Clay gets up and it walks around [03:36.23]But I couldn't believe it I just had to find out for myself [03:41.44]And I couldn't conceive it I never would listen to nobody else [03:47.05]No I couldn't believe it I just had to find out for myself [03:51.45] [03:52.07]That there's some things in this world you just can't explain [03:56.78] [03:58.09]Lyrics by 卟 断 努 力