1 Samuel / Outlaw Lyrics

I took my place down by the churchyard

Singing heavy iron bells

Wondered on my old dear mother's health

I lit myself up there a torch fire

Til' the starlit sky did pale

Suffered by my slanderous brother

I pulled the slingshot from my pack

'Fore I's a dog in the king's court

Held his head in my hand, lover

Yes I was a shepherd's son

Yes I was the last born

Yes I danced the dark moon

Spoiled my hands with reckless blood

But I was not yet an outlaw

I met yourself down by the river

By the olive groves and graves

Desert ghost gift dripped with honey

I took myself up to the altar

Where the covenant was made

Crossed my heart with love's athame

I plucked the strings o'er by the window

To assuage your father's rage

And took as my wife your own sister

I anchored in the ancient mores

And climbed the high hill country North

Transgressed his dear body's borders

I kissed the holy ground beneath

And sowed the bitter second seed

Bound there 'neath the anointed waters

Yes I ran with violent men that I would seldom trust

Yes I found myself beloved

Yes I danced to the black sun and filled my cup with salt

I became an outlaw honey

I walked a while beyond the watchtower

30 miles as the crow flies

Buried there your bow and letters

I ate the crumbs though consecrated

For your love and my lament

And said my final goodbye, betters

I rode upon a horse in velvets

Slept in beds of rotten hay

Left you there the vultures gathered

I saw his hands move as the villagers

Came out to chant my name

Through the razor caves I staggered

Yes I was an outlaw honey scarlet dynasty

Yes I chose a hard road running

The naked son of one hung by a withering terebinth tree

Yes I was an outlaw