Blockader's Prayer Lyrics

Might you tender me some mercy

Might you harbor me some grace

May we beat the devil swiftly

May we sail from this place

To that Paradise in Glory

Where the mountains smoke at morning

Where the river runs forever

And the whiskey shines like gold

It was once upon a harvest moon

Dogs were on her trail

Running through the pines and rain

A cheated lover's tale

Two bodies stone cold silent

Lay witness to the void

Delivered to the darkness

Something deep destroyed

She was born in East Kentucky

In a haunted, cruel farmhouse

She learned sin from watching daddy

And hunger thereabouts

She left home wide-eyed and bitter

Went chasing silver tongues

Led by stars, fueled by fire

Estranged and young

War taught him desperation

Guilt gripped hold his soul

He came back missing something

Itching to be whole

He spent two years on the needle

And another on road

Met men of sin and wisdom

Who promised him some dough

She married for convenience

Grateful to be gone

He married her for beauty

Something he could own

All the gold and silver tarnished

In mansions of despair

They both were missing something

You could feel it in the air

On a cold night in September

The river nearly flood

On her waist she bloused a pistol

In her heart there beat cold blood

He heard the door kick open

Reached quick to grab his gun

She emptied out the chamber

Whispered softly, "It is done"