Well way down younder in the deep blue holler Yeah way back in the swamp where the snakes go crawlin' Shriveled old lady with a tombstone mouth
They have come to haunt the children They have come to walk the wind I can hear them as they rustle through the trees Looking for the love that killed
When the snake of love starts pulling you under And it wont let go 'til it starts to thunder And there's not a cloud in the sky, gonna make him shake
I can feel your body When I'm lying in my bed There's too much confusion Running 'round through my head It's making me so angry To know that the flame
How old was i, 5 or 6 or so The innocent years, long ago Father on a chair reaching up so far Crowning the tree, with that old tin star And it shines
Sitting 'round, talking 'bout old China And how the ladies hair will go to gray Paying for a speedy revolution Hoping those fine lines will go away Someone
Old John Robertson He wore a Stetson hat People everywhere would Laugh behind his back No one cared to take Any time to find out What he was all about
Old man he looks out the window You know he gets quite a fright. Whole world has gone and changed on him Feels like it was overnight. He saw a world
Hey how about this A little conversation tonight Thinking aloud how we struggled to find Our place in the dizzy heights Don't often do this We never
I want to be good, I want to be strong But I treated him bad, I've done him wrong I've taken his money, I've given him hell And he takes it all 'cause
Don't abandon life Don't step away Don't give up that tune That you never could play If you're folding your tent And the gas pipes groan If every bone
Why hello, say can I buy you another glass of beer Well thanks a lot that's kind of you, it's nice to know you care These days there's so much going on
She's got the mind of a child And a body peaking over the hill Well, she would if she could And she should but nobody will With her nails painted red
Where ancient mountains are whittled down Millions of years to a little mound Where giant feet are fossil found I see spinifex surfing on a dune, The
Well way down yonder In the deep blue holler Yeah way back in the swamp Where the snakes go crawlin' Shriveled old lady With a tombstone mouth Scarin
over it easily. [Chorus] So they called at the inn for a room to dance and who but they danced merrily And the very best dancer among them all was old John
1st Verse: We used to roll through Inglewood bumping The Beasties Dana Dane on repeat 'till the tapedeck deceased Me, my brother Carlo, bTwice and Ern