Farmer's Daughter

Well, I was 21 and young With a foul, offensive tongue I packed my bags and went back home Where I was born And I met my lover there She had a soft and yellow hair And a skin more fair than I had seen before She was a farmer's daughter A slow southern talker But that had never bothered me none Then a city man shot her He dumped her body in the water So I set upon his trail to get his blood I heard he's heading to L.A With his tail between his legs And he's searching for another darling one And he always takes a finger And keeps it fresh inside his freezer To remind him how she feels after he's done I guess he knew I found him out He went and cleaned his house He cleaned his act and changed his face And tried to hide The sweet honey of revenge When we finally met again With that strong and mighty justice on my side I sharpened up my knife And I plucked out both his eyes I said, boy, you're gonna die and rot in hell Then the law came along They saw the deed that I had done And they locked me in this rat infested cell Then the judge declared They're gonna sit me in the chair That city man had killed the hand I used to hold And he was asked to watch me die But I took both his eyes So he'll only hear me curse him while I go Give me that honeycomb sweet to my soul Give me that health to my dying bones Tennessee sleep in a late winter snow Cold wind blowing on my body so slow Save my country save my home Save my body and swallow me whole You don't wanna ask if you don't wanna know If you can't beat the devil better leave him alone Give me that honeycomb sweet to my soul Give me that health to my dying bones You don't wanna swallow if you don't wanna choke You don't wanna follow if you don't wanna go And you don't wanna ask if you don't wanna know If you can't beat the devil better leave him alone Calm my mind lord and heal my flesh For I've been wrestling in this bed with death Give me that honeycomb sweet to my soul Give me that health to my dying bones Tennessee sleep in a late winter snow Cold wind blowing on my body so slow Save my country save my home Save my body and swallow me whole You don't wanna ask if you don't wanna know If you can't beat the devil better leave him alone Take my color lord take my breath Take my heartbeat and let me rest