Valley of Death -Blitzen Trapper

Written by ：Eric Earley

I know what it means to get knocked down drunk

I was lying in a bush by the coal

Where the river runs deep

And the demons don't sleep

And the water's obscured by the smoke

Well I drug myself to the river's edge

And I drank like a dog on the sand

It burned my tongue

My whole head gets spun

And I stood on the stone

And spoke to the wind and the rain

Said I know what it means to get left for dead

When the saints rise up at the sound

When the spirits don't move in

Their chains and the shoes

And the crack of the guns all around

I know how it is to get all dressed up

Where nobody would know where to go

With a fifth in your vest

And some pills on your tongue

And a gun looking out across

The valley of the shadow below oh

Well I preached to the bums

And I preached to the birds

Til the crowd had started to form

My disciples that came

Through the wind and the rain

And the rags in their jackets all torn

Well I prophesized of the things to come

And I jumped like a bug on a wall

Til my head it was through

With the river's strange brew

And I sunk to my knees in the breeze

And I started to pray

I said hey

You know I ain't got a dang thing to say

With a head full of booze and nothing to loose

For a creature was made out of clay hey

Said I know what it means to get left for dead

When the saints rise up at the sound

When the spirits don't move in

Their chains and the shoes

And the crack of the guns all around

I know how it is to get all dressed up

Where nobody would know where to go

With a fifth in your vest

And some pills on your tongue

And a gun looking out across

The valley of the shadow below oh