Silas

Heard Momma crying in the dead of night

Sat straight up in bed

Has anybody seen Silas

Is all the sheriff said

Daddy keeps trying to reconcile

But he knows it ain’t no use

Tucker’s boys, they won’t rest

With Silas on the loose

Down where the cotton mouths grow

Where the sun don’t ever show

And the muddy Clarks River rolls

Silas boy you better lay low

Silas loved Becca with all his heart

And he swore he always would

Becca loved boys and bar rooms

Silas never understood

I saw Becca out last Saturday night

With a boy they call Jack Jones

I gave ole Jack the warning

He better leave Becca alone

Jack’s been gone for 3 days straight

Silas ain’t been home

Tucker’s boys done run this town

With a fine tooth comb

The whole damn town is silent

They’re all keeping to themselves

Jack Jones he ain’t breathed a word

Cause Dead men tell no tales