Black Water (feat. Steve Earle)

The crops are bendin' in the summer heat

A brawl broke out down on Dixon street

A fighter braggin' that he can't be beat

Young boy rose up and he knocked out his teeth

Now there's a devil in this little town

Can't stop the rumors from spreadin' around

They don't realize their words do them harm

There was murder down at the Jackson's farm

You talk so loud

Just let me speak

You look so proud

So just go to sleep

You're lookin' down

But the well is deep

Comin' out of the ground

Black water to drink

He had a motive and no alibi

Nobody saw him with their own two eyes

The shadow outlined a perfect pair

Two bodies found at the county fair

You talk so loud

Just let me speak

You look so proud

So just go to sleep

You're lookin' down

But the well is deep

Comin' out of the ground

Black water to drink

You talk so loud

Just let me speak

You look so proud

So just go to sleep

You're lookin' down

But the well is deep

Comin' out of the ground

Black water to drink

You talk so loud

You've lost your mind in the heat

You look so proud

The bloody fighter was beat

You're lookin' down

But the well is deep

Comin' out of the ground

Black water to drink