Scarlet Town

Buddy, I went down to Scarlet Town

Ain't never been there before

You slept on a featherbed

And I slept on the floor

Buddy, I don't mind a mean ol' tome

Oh, drinkin' my coffee cold

But the things I've seen in Scarlet town

Didn't mortify my soul

I look at that deep well

I look at that dark grave

Ringin' that iron bell

In scarlet town today

Spent some time in New Orleans

Carol on a Ben

Scarlet town brought me down

As low as I ever been

I look at that deep well

I look at that dark grave

Ringin' that iron bell

In scarlet town today

I went down to Scarlet town

You promised you'd be my bride

Then you left me here to rot away

Like a a poly on a mountain side

I look at that deep well

I look at that dark grave

Ringin' that iron bell

In scarlet town today

Buddy you can hide in Scarlet Town

For a hundred years or more

But the man who knows what time it is

Is knockin' at the door

So fare thee well my own true love

If you ever see me around

I'll be lookin' through a telescope

From hell to Scarlet Town

I look at that deep well

I look at that dark grave

Ringin' that iron bell

In scarlet town today

I look at that deep well, look at that deep well

Look at that dark grave, I look at that dark grave

Ringin' that iron bell

In scarlet town today