Barton Hollow

Oo

Gives my trembling hands away

Ooh

Please forgive me, Father

Ain't going back to Barton Hollow

Devil's gonna follow me wherever I go

Won't do me no good, washing in the river

Can't no rich man save my soul

Oh, did that full moon force my hand, or that unmarked hundred-grand year?

Oh, beneath the water.

Oh, please forgive me, Father

Miles and miles and my bare feet

Still can't lay me down to sleep

If I die before I wake

I know the soul will take me

I'm a dead man walking

I'm a dead man walking

Keep walking, running, running for miles

Keep walkin', runnin', runnin' for miles

Keep walkin', runnin', runnin' for miles

Whoa

Ain't goin' back to Barney and Harlow

That was gonna follow you wherever I go

Won't do me no good washin' in the river

Can't no rich man save my soul