Meth Head

Saw him down in a dump, hurlin' armloads of junk

Into a pickup bound for the yard

He was skittish and strange like a wild dog with mange

And there was blood where his veins ran hard

Wadin' deep through the grime, he found a long copper line

Then he jumped up and leaped to the ground

And you'd thought he'd struck gold the way he kicked and he rolled

And like a bandit, he tore it outta town

Whoa, now, he's out on the prowl

You better get up and go back inside

'Cause he's loose on the land, gettin' all that he can

There won't be nowhere to hide

Yeah, he's crawlin' his way to that fix for the day

You won't stop him, he's bent to be fed

He's the low heathen kind with a shit-mangled mind

The desperate fuckin' meth head

There was a girl, tall and thin, with scabbed, yellow skin

Inside a rest stop I won't soon forget

She was diggin' at a rash, tryna deal for some cash

Sayin', baby, I'm clean, and I'm wet

I just kept pacin' by, swattin' through the flies

And her stench, rancid and stale

While she stood there cryin' please, with her fist between her knees

And the sores drainin' round her mouth

Whoa, now, she's out on the prowl

You better get up and go back inside

'Cause she's loose on the land, gettin' all that she can

And there won't be nowhere to hide

Yeah, she'll bum and she'll beg and she'll gnaw at your leg

You can't kill her, she's already dead

She's the empty-eyed soul, the zombie-like foe

The fiendin' fuckin' meth head

It'll be dark pretty soon, they love to lurk by the moon

So I'm out back shovelin' the dirt

I'm gonna dig me a hole as deep as I can go

And when they fall, I'm gonna cover 'em up

Oh, now, they're out on the prowl

You better get up and go back inside

'Cause they're sweepin' the land, gettin' all that they can

And there won't be nowhere to hide

They've got the taste on their tongues, their fates have been hung

It's a fever that's already spread

And from out far and wide, they're the fit to be tied

The worthless fuckin' meth head