MR BONES
Country Rock
MR. BONES
Country Rock
Daddy was heading straight home from town
Saw a stranger waving, flagging him down
He pulled up alongside and said "My name is Bones"
“It's late to be walking, let’s get you off the road”
Man threw his bag in the back of Daddy’s pick up truck
He said “I’m sure obliged, but I don’t believe in luck
Back down the road you see that cloud of dust
There’s trouble a coming, I hope this truck is fast Mr. Bones”
The sun is rolling down like a freight train
Trouble’s sneaking up in the dark lane
The end is getting nearer
Running out of time
Blind out front leading the blind
The Devil is in the corner laughing at his lies
Mr. Bones, do you pray?
Daddy kicked that old truck into gear
Stones and gravel flying up in the air
He said “ Hey, mister don’t you worry now
If we can’t out run him then we’ll beat him somehow
Down at the crossroads I’ve seen it done
The people there together, you watch that Devil run
He’ll surprised when he sees we’re more than one
He don’t like a fair fight, it brings him undone”
The sun is rolling down like a freight train
Trouble’s sneaking up in the dark lane
I’ve been hounding the Devil and he’s so angry now
He’s right behind us and he’s mad as hell
No one is going to win this round
Down at the crossroads they slid to a halt
They stood shoulder to shoulder in the light of God
The Devil he stop chasing when he saw that sign
He looked across and said maybe another time Mr. Bones
Maybe another time (maybe another time)
Mr. Bones, hey, hey ,hey
The sun is rolling down like a freight train
Trouble’s sneaking up in the dark lane
The end is getting nearer,
We’re running out of time
Blind out front leading the blind
No bullets and no gun are gonna win this time
Mr. Bones, do you pray?
Go on and pray
Br brave, be brave, be brave