Well, he came from Northern IrelandSearchin' for the free man's groundAnd he came to bet his fortuneOn a West Virginia plowHe built a house of timberAnd raised a redhead sonThen they worked the land togetherAnd prayed the rain would comeThere's a scarecrow in the gardenThat looks like LuciferAnd I've been readin' RevelationsWith my bare feet in the riverWell, the readhead son got olderAnd took a brown eyed wifeAnd the fields were green as dollars'Cause the dirt was black as nightI came in late SeptemberThe youngest one of threeAnd my sisters off and marriedSo the land was left to meThere's a scarecrow in the gardenThat looks like LuciferAnd I've been readin' RevelationsWith my bare feet in the riverI know every single fence postEvery rock to go aroundI've been starin' at the red oakWhere I know they'll lay me downThe fields ain't what they once wereThe rains just seem to floodAnd I've been thinkin' 'bout that riverWonderin' how it turns to bloodI've been sittin' here all mornin'I was sittin' here all nightThere's a Bible in my left handAnd a pistol in my right
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Christopher Alvin Stapleton (Lexington, Kentucky; 15 de abril de 1978), más conocido como Chris Stapleton, es un cantante, compositor y guitarrista estadounidense. Es un compositor reconocido contando con seis N. 1 incluyendo «Never Wanted Nothing More» el…
