Dagger Woods

Out in the woods not long ago Outside a town ten miles or so Man and wife and two small babies Camping in a glade On an Indian Summer getaway A weekend full of rest and play Tuckered out from their full day Now sitting 'round a fire But lurking in the shadows was a demon With a big ol' set of eyes And an appetite for souls like these Feeding time tonite They never heard it coming They never saw it coming They were never seen or heard from again The Hidey-Hinder Through the gates of Hades Overcame Daddy And took the Mama and babies The Hidey-Hinder done took 'em good Back to its lair, deep in Dagger Woods Well, the tale begins hundreds of years Through the countless days and hours When the golden plow first broke the land Folks started disappearing The locals swear beyond a doubt It came over on the first slowboat The bloodthirsty monster They call the Hidey-Hinder An old world apparition hitched a ride To the new world in disguise Supernatural baggage in the hold From a hard life left behind If they knew what they was bringin' I sure would not be singin' 'Bout people never seen or heard again The Hidey-Hinder Of the old world nations You've reigned in terror For seven generations Oh Hidey-Hinder, I wish I could Prove you exist, deep in Dagger Woods Now let's go back to the present day To a prison far the other way To a broken lonely man That lonely man is me I told the judge what I'm telling you Said "such a thing cannot be true" He locked me up for murder And threw away the key He said the only monster that he's seen Sits right before his eyes He stared me down Shook his head And condemed me As a sick man telling lies I shoulda seen it comin' Shoulda known that it was comin' Now I'll never see the light of day again Oh Hidey-Hinder Of the million maybes I know to be true My Jilly and my babies Oh Hidey-Hinder ya done took 'em good Away from me deep in Dagger Woods That's where I should be, in Dagger Woods Hanging from a tree, in Dagger Woods For all the world to see, in Dagger Woods Back with my family, in Dagger Woods