The Legend of Wooley Swamp

Well, if you ever go back into Wooley Swamp

Well, you better not go at night

There's things out there in the middle of them woods

Will make a strong man die from fright

Things that crawl and things that fly and things that creep around on the ground

And they say the ghost of Lucius Clay gets up and he walks around

But, I couldn't believe it

I just had to find out for myself

And I couldn't conceive it

'Cause I never woulda listened to nobody else

And I couldn't believe it

I just had to find out for myself

There's some things in this world you just can't explain

The old man lived in the Wooley Swamp way back in Booger Woods

He never did do a lot of harm in the world, but he never did do no good

People didn't think too much of him, they all thought he acted funny

The old man didn't care about people anyway

All he cared about was his money

He'd stuff it all down into Mason jars and he'd bury it all around

And on certain nights, if the moon was right, he'd dig it up outta the ground

He'd pour it all out on the floor of his shack and run his fingers through it

Yeah, Lucius Clay was a greedy old man and that's all that there was to it

But, I couldn't believe it

I just had to find out for myself

And I couldn't conceive it

'Cause I never would have listened to nobody else

And I couldn't believe it

I just had to find out for myself

That there's some things in this world you just can't explain

The Cable boys was white trash, they lived over on Carver's Creek

They were mean as a snake and sneaky as a cat

And belligerent when they'd speak

One night the oldest brother said, "Y'all meet me in the Wooley Swamp later"

"And we'll take old Lucius's money and we'll feed him to the alligators"

They found the old man out in the back with a shovel in his hand

With thirteen rusty Mason jars he'd just dug up outta the sand

And they all went crazy and they beat the old man

And they picked him up off of the ground

And threw him in the swamp and stood there and laughed

As the black water sucked him down

Then they turned around and went back to the shack

Picked up the money and ran

They hadn't gone no where when they realized they were runnin' in quicksand

And they struggled and they screamed

But they couldn't get away and just before they went under

They could hear that old man laughin' in a voice as loud as thunder

That's been fifty years ago and you can go by there yet

There's a spot in the yard in the back of that shack where the ground is always wet

And on summer nights, if the moon is right, down by that dark footpath

You can hear three young men screamin'

You can hear one old man laugh

Well, if you ever go back into Wooley Swamp

Well, you better not go at night

There's things out there in the middle of them woods

Will make a strong man die from fright

Things that crawl and things that fly and things that creep around on the ground

And they say the ghost of Lucius Clay gets up and he walks around

But, I couldn't believe it

I just had to find out for myself

And I couldn't conceive it

'Cause I never woulda listened to nobody else

And I couldn't believe it

I just had to find out for myself

But, there's some things in this world you just can't explain

Some things in this world you just can't explain