Deep Water

Way down below Higdon Creek I met a man with no shoes on his feet A Colt in his hand, he peered at me Said you'd better run boy and not be seen with me The face he had was one of regret Said he'd seen too many a young men dead He killed a few up at Higdon Creek And tossed 'em in the deep ole water for the fish to eat 'Lest you wanna share the same fate Man, you should've seen the look on his face When he said Deep water, won't you pull me under? Won't you pull me closer to the end? Deep water, won't you pull me deeper? Won't you cleanse my bloody hands? He knocked me out with one swift punch Tied me up and drug me through the mud He took me back to where the others had gone Then he laid me there beside that creek all alone And I awoke to the sound of police He put the Colt barrel between my teeth I could hear them cops all calling for me But then he pulled the trigger and that was the end of me And I said Deep water, won't you pull me under? Won't you pull me closer to the end? Deep water, won't you pull me deeper? Won't you cleanse my bloody hands? Deep water, won't you pull me under? Won't you pull me closer to the end? Deep water, won't you pull me deeper? Lord, forgive me of my sins