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The Legend Of Wooley Swamp

In the style of

Charlie Daniels Band

Lyrics

well if you ever
go back in
the wooley swamp
well you better not
go at night

there's things
out there
in the middle
of them woods
that 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
would listen
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 lotta 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
he'd 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 listen
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

the cagle 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

and thirteen
rusty mason jars
he'd just dug up
out of the sand

and they
all went crazy
and they
beat the old man
and they picked him up
off-a 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
and picked up
the money and ran

they hadn't
gone nowhere
when they realized
they were
runnin' in quicksand

then 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

now it'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 certain nights
if the moon is right
down by that
dark footpath

you can hear
three young men
screamin' and
you can hear
one old man laugh

ya ever go back
in the wooley swamp
well you better not
go at night

there's things
out there
in the middle
of them woods
that 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
would listen
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

Details

• Duration : 4:12
• Key : D
• Genre : Country
• Year released : 1980
• Language : English

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