Rock Salt and Nails

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Down the banks of the river where the willows hang down And the wild birds all warble with a low moaning sound Way down in the hollow where the water runs cold That's where I first listened to the lies that you told [Verse 2] Now I lie on my bed and I see your sweet face And the past I remember, time cannot erase And the letter you wrote me was written in shame And I know that your conscience still echoes my name [Verse 3] Now the nights are so long and sorrow runs deep Nothing is worse than a night without sleep I'll walk out alone and look at the sky Too empty to sing, too lonesome to cry [Verse 4] So if you ladies were blackbirds, if you ladies were thrushes I'd lie there for hours in the cold chilly marshes If you ladies were squirrels with high bushy tails I'd fill up my shotgun with rock salt and nails