The Legend Of Wooley Swamp

Lyrics

[Verse 1] 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 that'd 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 [Chorus] 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 That there's some things in this world you just can't explain [Verse 2] The old man lived in the Wooley Swamp way back in Booger Woods And 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 out of 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 [Chorus] 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 That there's some things in this world you just can't explain [Verse 3] The Cable boys was white trash and 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, "Ya'll me meet in the Wooley Swamp later And we'll take old Lucius' 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 just dug up out of the sand And they all went crazy and they beat the old man then they picked him up off the ground Then they threw him in the swamp and they stood there and laughed as the black water sucked him down Then they turned around and went back to the shack and they picked up the money and ran But they hadn't gone nowhere when they realized they were running in quicksand And they struggled and screamed but they couldn't get away and just before they went under They could hear that old man laughing in a voice that was loud as thunder [Bridge] Now that's been fifty years ago and you can go by there yet There's a spot in the yard in 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 screaming and you can hear one old man laugh [Verse 1] 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 that'd 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 [Chorus] 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 That there's some things in this world you just can't explain [Outro] Some things in this world you just can't explain