Decoration Day

It's Decoration Day And I've a mind to roll a stone on his grave But what would he say "Keeping me down, boy, won't keep me away" It's Decoration Day And I knew the Hill Boys would put him away But my daddy wasn't afraid He said, "We'll fight 'til the last Lawson's last living day" I never knew how it all got started A problem with Holland before we were born And I don't know the name of that boy we tied down And beat 'til he just couldn't walk anymore But I know the caliber in daddy's chest And I know what Holland Hill drives The state let him go, but I guess it was best 'Cause nobody needs all us Lawson's alive Daddy said one of the boys had come by The Lumber Man's favorite son He said, "Beat him real good, but don't dare let him die And if you see Holland Hill, run" Well, I said, "They ain't give us trouble before That we had brought down on ourselves" But a chain on my back and my ear to the floor And I'll send all the Hill Boys to hell I'll send all the Hill Boys to hell It's Decoration Day And I've got a family in Mobile Bay And they've never seen my daddy's grave But that don't bother me, it ain't marked anyway 'Cause I got dead brothers in Lauderdale South And I got dead brothers in East Tennessee My daddy got shot right in front of his house He had no one to fall on but me It's Decoration Day And I've a mind to go spit on his grave If I was a Hill, I'd have put him away And I'd fight 'til the last Lawson's last living day I'd fight 'til the last Lawson's last living day I'd fight 'til the last Lawson's last living day