Rock Salt and Nails (1975)

Lyrics

[Verse 1] By the banks of the river where the waters run cold And the wild birds warble a strange-soundin' song By the banks of the river where the willows grow old It was there I first listened to the lies you told [Verse 2] Now I lay here each night all alone and I weep And nothin' ain't worse than a night without sleep Hey, the letters you wrote me, they're written in shame But I know that your conscience still echoes my name [Verse 3] If the ladies were blackbirds and the ladies were thrushes I'd lay for hours in the cold rainy marshes If the ladies were squirrels with big bushy tails I'd fill up my shotgun with rock salt and nails I'd fill up my shotgun with rock salt and nails