The Legend Of Wooley Swamp-Various Musique

[ti:The Legend Of Wooley Swamp] [ar:Various Musique] [al:I Live For Rock Vol. 3] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Legend Of Wooley Swamp - Various Musique [00:18.90]If you ever go back into Wooly Swamp son [00:21.31]You better not go at night [00:23.74]There's things out there in the middle of them woods [00:26.06]That'd make a strong man die from fright [00:28.84]There's things that crawl and things that fly [00:30.95]And things that creep around on the ground [00:33.26]And they say the ghost of Lucias Clay gets up [00:36.30]And it walks around [00:37.54]But I couldn't believe it [00:39.98]I just had to find out for myself [00:42.30]And I couldn't conceive it [00:44.68]I never would listen to nobody else [00:47.13]No I couldn't believe it [00:49.55]I just had to find out for myself [00:52.03]That there's some things [00:53.79]In this world you just can't explain [00:59.85]The old man lived [01:00.74]In the Wooly Swamp way back [01:02.51]In the gurgling woods [01:04.32]And he never did do a lot of harm in the world [01:06.73]But he never did do no good [01:09.45]People didn't think too much of him [01:11.25]They all thought he acted funny [01:13.89]The old man didn't care about people anyway [01:16.29]All he cared about was his money [01:18.64]He'd stuff it all down in Mason jars [01:20.97]And bury it all around [01:23.13]But on certain nights if the moon was right [01:25.79]He'd dig it up out of the ground [01:28.22]He'd pour it all out on the floor of his shack [01:30.74]And run his fingers through it [01:32.93]Old Lucias Clay was a greedy old man [01:35.36]And that's all there ever was to it [01:38.02] [01:41.98]But I couldn't believe it [01:44.08]I just had to find out for myself [01:46.86]And I couldn't conceive it [01:49.01]I never would listen to nobody else [01:51.59]No I couldn't believe it [01:54.07]I just had to find out for myself [01:56.68]That there's some things in this world [01:58.60]You just can't explain [02:04.23]The Crayton boys were white trash [02:06.38]They lived over on Parvis Creek [02:08.75]They were a real snake and sneaky as a cat [02:11.26]And belligerent when they'd speak [02:13.53]One night the oldest brother said [02:15.32]Ya'll meet in the Wooly Swamp later [02:18.23]We'll get old Lucias' money [02:20.06]And we'll pitch him to the alligators [02:23.07]They found the old man out [02:24.67]In the back with a shovel in his hand [02:27.79]And thirteen rusty Mason jars [02:30.09]He just dug up out of the sand [02:32.60]And they all went crazy and they beat the old man [02:35.04]Then they picked him up off the ground [02:37.38]Then they threw him in the swamp [02:38.80]And they stood there and laughed [02:39.95]Till the black water sucked him down [02:41.16] [02:42.21]Then they turned around [02:43.19]And went back to the shack [02:44.58]And they picked up the money and ran [02:46.90]But they hadn't gone nowhere [02:48.20]When they realized [02:49.39]They were running in quicksand [02:51.73]And they struggled and screamed [02:52.93]But they couldn't get away [02:54.04]Then just before they were gone [02:56.46]They could hear that old man laughing [02:57.79]In a voice that was loud and strong [03:01.51]Now that's been fifty years ago an' [03:03.11]If you go back by there again [03:06.08]There's a spot in the yard in back of that shack [03:08.65]Where the ground is always wet [03:10.68]And on certain nights if the moon is right [03:13.15]And you're down by the dark footpath [03:15.45]You can hear three young men screaming [03:17.92]And you can hear that old man laugh [03:20.22]If you ever go back into Wooly Swamp son [03:22.90]You better not go at night [03:24.16] [03:25.12]There's things out there in the middle of them woods [03:27.26]That'd make a strong man die from fright [03:30.29]There's things that crawl and things that fly [03:32.45]And things that creep around on the ground [03:34.71]And they say the ghost of Lucias Clay gets up [03:37.45]And it walks around [03:38.27] [03:38.87]But I couldn't believe it [03:41.41]I just had to find out for myself [03:43.55]And I couldn't conceive it [03:45.98]I never would listen to nobody else [03:48.41]No I couldn't believe it [03:50.93]I just had to find out for myself [03:53.76]That there's some things in this world [03:55.60]You just can't explain [03:58.41]There's some things in this world [04:00.26]You just can't explain