Lay Him Down

I curse the day he called my name

Wrapped my heart in a burning flame

Then he pulled me under like a ball and chain

Down, down. down

Seven years and fifteen days

I watched him lie in a whiskey haze

A man ain’t never gonna change his ways

Oh lay him down

Oh my daughter stay with me

Trust the things that you can see

A shotgun barrel and a burning tree

Oh burn it down

Brother can you hear me now

The sunrise never gonna come around

Till he’s six feet under in the stony ground

Oh lay him down