Playlist Ghoultown

ghoultown - against a crooked sky

Nightfall hit us hard and the darkness complete
We were ridin through the valley of death
We were three men strong from the town of abilene
The smell of whiskey on our breath

The first man was a con who had cheated all his life
The second was a fiend of no repent
The third man was I who would murder for a price
A trio you could bet was devil sent

We were bound for somewhere new
To steal more lives
Riding on the midnight wind
Against a crooked sky

As we rode on through, the moonlight crept above
Nocturnal eyes watched all around
We never rested once, we had no time to waste
On the wings of greed we were bound

We laughed as we went, all the hell that we'd wrought
On all those who got in our way
Not one hour before, we snuffed another life
The blood still fresh upon our blades

The wind came from the west, it whipped from side to side
A cloud of dust erupted to stop us in our tracks
For a moment we were blind from the grit in our eyes
But slowly it cleared as laughter filled the sky

And there before us stood a posse bathed in black
Their steeds nothing more than rotted bone
Their gaze was all afire and razor whips they cracked
To shred the skin upon our backs

One of them spoke with the gravel in his voice
[your reign of evil is done]
[you may ride a crooked sky but death does too]
[the blood on your hands is your own]

We were bound for somewhere new, condemned to ride
Forever in the afterlife against a crooked sky

ghoultown - bloodshot

Been drinkin all night my eyes are bloodshot
Been losin my mind my head is sore
Nothin else to do when you've done it all and lived to tell

Been drinkin myself a sea of gold
Shot after shot but it never grows old
Join me if you wanna throw your liver right into the fire

Chorus:
Bloodshot
(you canâ??t get the blood so donâ??t even try)
Bloodshot
(shot)

Been diggin in the earth my hands are raw
I been makin love to another girl
Tryin like hell to find myself an escape

I been playin guitar my fingers hurt
I've been smokin cigars now my lungs are burned
Nasty habits keep the demons inside me down

Been spending my time like dollars in g-strings
Been burnin my bridges just to feel the heat
Cross me once and I'll piss right on your grave

I'm a killer and all my blood runs cold
From texas down to mexico
Gimme one more drink the sunrise is so far away

ghoultown - fistful of demons

I was born without a face
On some forgotten halloween
In 13 rusty mason jars my mother buried me
In some old shack behind the woods
Where no one ever goes
But a soul don't rest in the devil's arms
Cuz no one really knows

I got a fistful of demons
I got some boots made of lead
The grave may cool my rotting bones
But it won't cure my head

I was horribly disfigured
A monster from a whore
The minute I saw life she up and slammed the door
Cut me up in little pieces
Thought I'd go away
But now I'm back you better believe
Cuz hell has come to pay

In the dirty crawlspace underneath the house
You opened up your legs to squirt that demon out
The dog was lapping madly at the blood stain on the floor
Dead and buried I was gone but now I'm back for more

I've got the frown of a satyr
The witnesses they say
A little boy who died down there but never went away
But you and I know better
Now don't we mother dear?
How can a kid be frownin when he smiles from ear to ear?

ghoultown - after 2

Neon glow
The dive was alive
There were four on the floor by the time I arrived
She slithered up to me - up my spine
So I bought her a drink
And fed her a line

Her hair was black as the night
She had long perfect legs and a gleam between her thighs
Ten blood-red fingernails
So I followed the signs that said
â??straight to hellâ??

I finally found my angel
Yes I finally found the truth
That your soul is unforgiven
If you love what you do
So damned be salvation
When it looks as good as you
Iâ??ll just have to pay the price
And dance with you
After 2

With dawn came the end of the night
And once more she came with a sirenâ??s cry
Then she was gone with her prize
Too bad it seems my heart ainâ??t
As big as my eyes

ghoultown - blood on my hands

I got blood on my hands
From all the years that come and go
Cleanin up the messes that I've made
I just keep on washin but it never goes away
The more I scrub the more it stays

I got a pint from carol ann
Who left me for a friend
Never saw it comin nor did she
The night I caught 'em in the sheets
Of that ol' feather bed
Lord did that scene get out of hand

So I took an eye for an eye
For what they did to me
Don't pray for my soul
Just give me soap
Cuz you know it's a bitch comin clean

I got a quart from laura sue
Who went and took me for a fool
But I sent her down to chainsaw school
First you fill 'er up
Then you yank the cord and look out when the chain it starts to roar

I got the most from katy jo
Who left me down and broke
After all the promises we pledged
But when it comes right down to it
Love is just an axe
It cuts you through the heart
And leaves you dead

They say I need one more verse
One verse for this song
But I can't think of a single thing
I'd like to add
Suffice to note
That there ain't no hope
When you're always in the red
Chances are that now I'll be condemned

ghoultown - bury them deep

Bury them deep thatâ??s what I said
Time to play your dead manâ??s hand
Dealin bullets is like dealin cards
When it all comes down to a draw

Wind in my face I feel the burn
Dust drinks the blood of their tears
I say goodbye but it donâ??t mean much
When shots ring like hits of a drum

Bury them deep thatâ??s what I said
Lay your body down on the sand
When itâ??s all said and done
Itâ??s just a price I work to earn
Itâ??s just a price I work to earn

Hot sun glares down on the street
Silence as deep as a colorado gorge
Donâ??t care where you been or where you come from
Itâ??s just my job to be done

Wind in my face I love the burn
Dust drinks the blood of their tears
I say goodbye but it donâ??t mean much
When shots ring like hits of a drum

Bury them deep
And they wonâ??t back haunt your soul like they do mine

This town crawls with beggers and thieves
Come to bite the hand that feeds

ghoultown - carry the coffin

Been out on the road so long that I begin to see
Traces of the drifters that came before me
Dogs without a home no chain no leash
Bones of their masters in their starvin teeth

Iâ??m a lost soul a travelin man
I play guitar in the devilâ??s band
I smoke and I drink what can I say
Bury my sins in the old fashioned way

Chorus:
And Iâ??ll carry the coffin
All the way

Iâ??m haunted by ghosts that donâ??t let me go
Like those come from pages of lovecraft and poe
My heart it cries for those that Iâ??ve known
But I keep on movin the road is my home

Iâ??m a lost soul a travelin man
I play guitar in the devilâ??s band
I smoke and I drink what can I say?
Bury my sins the old fashioned way

The backs of my brothers I cover when I stand
Don't trust a vamp she'll f*** you if she can
But I keep on movin it's the only way I know
Up with the fire and on with the show

Iâ??m a lost soul a travelin man
I play guitar in the devilâ??s band
I smoke and I drink what can I say?
Bury my sins the old fashioned way

ghoultown - dead outlaw

Dead outlaw gunslinger stalkin thru the streets
If my neighbors all say Iâ??m a mean-eyed freak
Then thatâ??s just what Iâ??ll be
Got skeletons in my backyard all hangin from the trees
My house is dark if you step inside
You might think itâ??s halloween

Black guitar slingin dog at the front of the show
If I gotta hang by the neck just to get you off
Then come on show me the rope
I ainâ??t afraid to spit in the wind
I always gotta do or die
You say I donâ??t fit your rock n roll
Well funny thing, I never tried

Dead outlaw
Born my motherâ??s only son
Dead outlaw
Always on the run

I donâ??t care what you say I gotta do
Ainâ??t gonna change my ways to fit your rules
Shoot ya straight from the black of my heart
Shoot ya straight from the black of my heart

Thirty four years and countin it's always been my way
I got a taste for darkness and Iâ??ll let you know
That you ain't been the first to say
I got a strange way of spendin my time the way I wanna be
Hangin round with the walkin dead
Cuz the livin ainâ??t down with me

ghoultown - dia de los muertos

Way down south past a ghost town or two
Where the crack of leather carries a tune
I met a girl and we danced in the moonlight
Before the sunrise she was my bride

As marauders and bandits we rode through streets
Laid to waste the corpse of our dreams
We haunted the cities and drank our delight
Wherever we pleased we lay for the night

The summer moon destined to die
Bonfires
Bonfires burnin bright

Dia de los muertos

The autumn moon it came with a moan
Parades of colors danced with the bones
Her face grew pale where it was once gold
Inside my madness she was so cold

I turned and rolled my eyes to the white
Straight through the heart with a bowie knife
One second separates man and a beast
Possession is so strong and I am so weak

The autumn moon rose in the sky
Bonfires
Bonfires burnin bright

Is she dead or is it me?

ghoultown - dirty sanchez

Better hide your women cuz heâ??s ridin into town
His hair is dark and his skin is saddle brown
He takes to a lady like a tiger by the tail
He commands the badlands and he kicks the dusty trail

He packs a 45 itâ??s long and lean and mean
Heâ??s got the spit of snuff streamin from his teeth
You bet your bottom dollar heâ??s your backdoor man
They call him dirty sanchez if he knocks
Donâ??t let him in

Chorus:
Dirty sanchez

One day in monterrey he met a butcherâ??s wife
She loved chorizo all loaded with spice
Sanchez nodded once and he slipped into the back
Like good olâ?? lizzy borden gave her 40 f**kin whacks

Baby baby itâ??s your lucky day
Heâ??ll work you over like an artist works with clay

His father was a painter his mother was a whore
He had an eye for art but heâ??s rotten to the core
Some say a twisted picasso, a don juan he ainâ??t
But he always leaves his mark on his loverâ??s face

Zorro used his sword for doing better deeds
He freed the poor people by carving out his zâ??s
Not dirty sanchez

ghoultown - drink with the living dead

I was sittin in the thirsty devil, one sheet hung to the wind
When the bat wings doors creaked open and a stranger sauntered in
He moved his head from side to side and glared with a sunken eye
I heard the spin of a rusty spur as he shook off the dreary night

He lowered his hat, checked his gun and headed toward the bar
Walked on up beside me, I knew heâ??d traveled far
In a voice as thick as mud he looked to the â??keep and saidâ?¦
â??one shot of whiskey for myself and one for my new friendâ?

The patrons whispered hushed and low, they seemed to be afraid
As if a ghost had stood right up and walked out of its grave
His face was shallow and dirty, his skin like leather hide
Sure he spoke like any man, but something wasnâ??t right

So I twisted on my stool, turned to him and said
â??thank you sir, but just the same, Iâ??m chasin worms insteadâ?
He growled and shoved the drink my way, his eyes cold as death
â??I pick the drinks, you knock â??em back, else draw against my handâ?

When itâ??s six to midnight and the boney hand of death is nigh
You better drink your drink and shut your mouth
If you draw against his hand, you can never win
Go aheadâ?¦ drink with the living dead

â??who the hell do you think you are?â? my patience growin thin
But swallow hard, I had to do, when the story he began
His lips curled back and words came forth starting up the tale
And every face inside that bar turned a shade of pale

â??my name is stanton cree and I died three years before
I shot a man to steal his drink, at least thatâ??s what they hung me for
Now Iâ??m cursed to walk the earth and challenge every night
A man to match me drink for drink or by the bullet dieâ?

â??now wait a minute, mister, no one makes me a foolâ?
I pushed the shot of whiskey back on over towards the ghoul
â??I love a drink like any man but thatâ??s a losin game
To drink or draw against the dead would only be insaneâ?

Stanton cree tipped his hat and laughed a wicked laugh
â??you see, the lord cursed my soul for killin that poor man
There ainâ??t no choice so you must try to match me shot for shot
If you win, then youâ??ll go free and I can finally rotâ?

The barhop nodded slowly and I knew that I was screwed
If I chose to duel the dead then I would surely lose
So I took the glass and threw the shot into my throat
I would match him drink for drink, no matter if I choked

Whiskey, tequila, vodka, rum or gin
Ainâ??t no man that I canâ??t beat, be him live or dead
So into the morning I matched him ounce for ounce
Til stanton cree fell over and a winner was announced

Now he rests in his pine box and I still walk the streets
But I donâ??t forget the night when death had chosen me
There ainâ??t no fancy moral to go with this I fear
Unless you aim to kill a man and drink down his last beer!

ghoultown - find a good horse

I heard this as I walked upon on the dusty street
Everybody still spittin in my face
I scratched it on the back of another piece of leather
So I could remember what to say

If you give â??em enough fire they'll burn themselves
If you give â??em enough rope they'll hang
I remember what the wise man told me
Don't ever be afraid to...

Chorus:
Find a good horse and ride to the end
And that's just what the hell I'm gonna do
Take a chance with every breath
You ain't got nothin else to lose

A man's word is the blade of a knife
Words carry weight itâ??s true
You can't go wrong when a good thing catches on
Just take it from the news

If you give â??em enough fire they'll burn themselves
If you give â??em enough rope they'll hang
I remember what the wise man told me
Don't ever be afraid to...

ghoultown - gunslinger

It was a lonely day in hell that I met you
Soul searching for the light of day
I heard a voice in the devil's darkness
I saw a grinnin bird of prey

You cleared your leather and the rain came down
They had it comin some would say

Chorus:
Gunslinger - the red sky is fallin
Gunslinger - the chains of your soul
Gunslinger - we all meet our maker
You gunned those zombies down

Her eyes were two twin silver dollar moons
They burned from heaven in your song
She blew away just like a dirge in the desert
You closed your eyes then sheâ??s gone

You begged the shadows please release her
They just laughed and crawled away

Youâ??ll drift eternal til you find her
The world has long since moved away
You filled the grave with two dark angels
For what they did they had to pay

ghoultown - hang me high

It was cold late november
The witching hour near
The wind howled through the gallows tree
No one shed a tear

I felt the rope around my neck
A man the world forgot
I knew right then what I had to do
So I said goodbye to god

I slept in transylvania
Walked with the undead
Rode the night with jesse james
Reveled in my sins

I hung with no signs of life
Yet I still I lived
To hell with dyin with regrets
The grave it don't forgive

Chorus:
Look to the west
Cross my heart and die
Remember who I am oh lord
When they hang me high
Hang me high

Thereâ??s only one chance in this life
To do or die is all
A thousand ways I might go
Oneâ??s just as good as them all

I dredged up my heartbeat
Stole one more breath
Cut the rope around my throat
Now I cheated death

ghoultown - i spit on your grave

Itâ??s night and the wind blows
It moves through the trees
Sinister and haunting on its way as it creeps

I lie in this dark place
Searching myself
For the strength I had before it all came down

And maybe if you were smarter
You wouldâ??ve gotten farther
But now you canâ??t be saved
A sinner will be chosen
His bones will be broken
On this judgment day
I spit on your grave

Iâ??m lost in this limbo
Left here to die
In this tarnished veil of scarlet solitude

But nothing can stop me
From bringing my vengeance
Down on the men who have done me wrong

Itâ??s night and the graves moan
Begging oh lord please forgive me
For what I must do tonight

So one man by one man
I deal retribution
In cruel deserved twist of fate

ghoultown