The Legend Of Wooley Swamp-The Charlie Daniels Band

[ti:The Legend Of Wooley Swamp] [ar:The Charlie Daniels Band] [al:Full Moon] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Legend Of Wooley Swamp - The Charlie Daniels Band [00:19.18]If you ever go back into Wooly Swamp son you better not go at night [00:23.91]There's things out there in the middle of them woods [00:26.28]That'd make a strong man die from fright [00:28.65]There's things that crawl and things that fly [00:30.96]And things that creep around on the ground [00:33.08]And they say the ghost of Lucias Clay gets up and it walks around [00:37.70]But I couldn't believe it I just had to find out for myself [00:42.38]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 [00:52.93]That there's some things in this world you just can't explain [00:58.73] [01:00.54]The old man lived in the Wooly Swamp way back in the gurgling woods [01:03.78]And he never did do a lot of harm in the world [01:07.53]But he never did do no good [01:09.46]People didn't think too much of him [01:11.54]They all thought he acted funny [01:13.78]The old man didn't care about people anyway [01:16.09]All he cared about was his money [01:18.53]He'd stuff it all down in Mason jars and bury it all around [01:23.02]But on certain nights if the moon was right [01:25.64]He'd dig it up out of the ground [01:27.89]He'd pour it all out on the floor of his shack [01:30.38]And run his fingers through it [01:32.25]Old Lucias Clay was a greedy old man [01:34.94]And that's all there ever was to it [01:37.44] [01:41.52]But I couldn't believe it I just had to find out for myself [01:45.82]And I couldn't conceive it I never would listen to nobody else [01:51.21]No I couldn't believe it I just had to find out for myself [01:56.70]That there's some things in this world you just can't explain [02:02.25] [02:04.37]The Crayton boys were white trash they lived over on Parvis Creek [02:08.43]They were a real snake and sneaky as a cat [02:11.18]And belligerent when they'd speak [02:13.05]One night the oldest brother said ya'll meet in the Wooly Swamp later [02:17.79]We'll get old Lucias' money and we'll pitch him to the alligators [02:21.28] [02:22.31]They found the old man out in the back with a shovel in his hand [02:26.99]And thirteen rusty Mason jars he just dug up out of the sand [02:31.42]And they all went crazy and they beat the old man [02:34.42]Then they picked him up off the ground [02:36.60]Then they threw him in the swamp and they stood there and laughed [02:39.29]Till the black water sucked him down [02:41.35]Then they turned around and went back to the shack [02:43.59]And they picked up the money and ran [02:45.65]But they hadn't gone nowhere when they realized [02:47.90]They were running in quicksand [02:50.52]And they struggled and screamed but they couldn't get away [02:52.95]Then just before they were gone [02:55.39]They could hear that old man laughing [02:57.32]In a voice that was loud and strong [02:59.40]Now that's been fifty years ago an' if you go back by there again [03:04.58]There's a spot in the yard in back of that shack [03:07.14]Where the ground is always wet [03:09.14]And on certain nights if the moon is right [03:11.82]And you're down by the dark footpath [03:13.75]You can hear three young men screaming [03:16.31]And you can hear that old man laugh [03:19.31]If you ever go back into Wooly Swamp son you better not go at night [03:23.24]There's things out there in the middle of them woods [03:25.61]That'd make a strong man die from fright [03:27.98]There's things that crawl and things that fly [03:30.29]And things that creep around on the ground [03:32.54]And they say the ghost of Lucias Clay gets up and it walks around [03:35.47] [03:37.29]But I couldn't believe it I just had to find out for myself [03:41.91]And I couldn't conceive it I never would listen to nobody else [03:46.71]No I couldn't believe it I just had to find out for myself [03:52.27]That there's some things in this world you just can't explain