The Devil & The Gavel Lyrics

Raised on this land

A reputation to try on the stand

He made a wife and some kids and a decent living

Upholding the law of the land

It was 10 good years then the pain appeared

Before anyone wound up dead

She stayed by her man

Through infidelity and dirty hands

She tried to keep the place clean

But the hand that feeds her

Was aimin' down the barrel again

There's a rumor goin' around in my hometown

Where the Devil and the Gavel collide

I heard it from a whisper down the Salkahatchie River

By the bridge on the opposite side

Hide the money underneath the pills and the pleas

Of the people with the real disease

The Devil and the Gavel

Like a Bible and a Rifle

Believe them when they said

It was Red

Ain't it a shame

He had to keep the same last name

He took to huntin' and fishin'

But the bad decisions

Took a ride with him that day

To lose a beautiful soul

Before the Lord could save her

And keep the demons outta' the bay

A house on the sand

Wasn't built to take the stand

It never had a chance

Cus' the man that raised it

Was as crooked as Bubba's hind legs

There's a rumor goin' around in my hometown

Where the Devil and the Gavel collide

I heard it from a whisper down the Salkahatchie River

By the bridge on the opposite side

Hide the money underneath the pills and the pleas

Of the people with the real disease

The Devil and the Gavel

Like a Bible and a Rifle

Believe them when they said

It was Red

Yeah, Big Red

I ain't one to go throw stones

I got demons all my own

I feel for the kid

With his life to live

Who watched it from the third row

Now there's a rumor goin' around in my hometown

Where the Devil and the Gavel collide

I heard it from a whisper down the Salkahatchie River

By the bridge on the opposite side

Hide the money underneath the pills and the pleas

Of the people with the real disease

The Devil and the Gavel

Like a Bible and a Rifle

Believe them when they said

It was Red

Yeah, Big Red