The Darkness at the Edge of Town

First she mates, then she kills

Concocts her alibis

Takes her bitter bitter pills

Love stings..then love dies

She never wanted to be a mother

But everybody’s luck runs out

She left me by the docks, now brother

Do you still have any doubt

That you’re about to hear the tale

Of a railroaded man

Who screams to no avail

Every night into a can

Spent my childhood in this town

Finding places to hide

But the weight of the world slowed me down

All my claims they were denied

Yeah that’s when I seen her walkin’ around

She was lookin’ really good

I said “I know I look like an evil clown

But you could, you would, you should”

They say it smells like rotten meat

That’s been chained up to a wall

You won’t feel it til it’s at your feet

And you might never see it at all

The darkness on the edge of town

(Comes closer every night)

The darkness on the edge of town

(Is the apple she gonna bite)

The darkness on the edge of town

(Is her earthly delight)

The darkness on the edge of town

Is impervious to light

Drips like a stalagtite

Haunts your children’s dreams tonight

Is here, now hold tight

Standing next to the chief of police

And the boys from the FBI

Some of them down on their knees

And some just staring bug eyed

At the wreckage of a car

Up in flames outside the city limit

I guess it didn’t go too far

After I saw her getting in it

Cause some futures never last

And some pasts you can’t outrun

Some horses run way too fast

When they hear the sound of a shotgun

The darkness at the edge of town

Gonna take me for a ride

The darkness at the edge of town