1

The Golden Rule

On a cold winter night
With the moon big and bright
As the town lay asleep in their beds
Near the old rusted gate
By the side of the lake
Lay Mary with an axe in her head
In the morning they found
Her sad withered bones
Some children just walking to school
They screamed at the sight
In the strange morning light
And whispered the golden rule

Poor Mary Moore her short life is o'er
She will do unto them what they did to her

Then Mary did rise
Wiped the blood from her eyes
And told them to follow her lead
They got right in line
And they stumbled behind
For this girl they would do any deed
From house to stone house
They wandered about
And slaughtered whomever they'd see
Woman or man
Their mothers their dads
Without hesitation or grief

Poor Mary Moore her short life is o'er She will do unto them what they did to her

Then Mary did grin
Took an axe in her hand
And chopped down the children like weeds
She had to be sure
So she murdered them all
‘Til the blood did pour through the streets
And I know you have seen
Like the haunt of a dream
This girl so fair and unclean
Teaching the youth
Forever the truth
This world is vicious and mean

2

Curse of the Poltergeists

They climbed on his back
And drained all his strength
They called them poltergeists
From where did they come?
From God or from man?
Or from some darker hand?
The sky was red and falling
He heard their fearful gnawing

Along his spine their claws entwined
Beware the poltergeists
He walked up walls
His guts crawled out
And wrapped around his throat
In town the folks were praying
Like wolves he heard them baying

His hopeless cries did nauseate
Those wicked poltergeists
They spat him out a pile of gore
And never were seen no more
They never were seen no more

3

Terror on the Ghost Ship

The time had come to throw him overboard
The ocean pulsed just like an ugly sore
His clothes were torn his skin all ripped and red
He thought of all the things that could have been

The creatures of the deep they circled ‘round
He saw their fins and heard their beastly sounds
“I'll be back” he said to all the crew
“You're done with me but I'm not done with you.”

The captain pushed him with his rusted sword
He walked the plank then how the rain did pour
Seven days and seven black ink nights
Every hour oh how that crew did fight

Their sails gone and holes punched in the ship
They heard a voice say “Brothers take a dip.”
Slower than the burning hands of time
The ship it sunk with no one left alive

But sometimes when the moon is dull and new
You'll see this ragged ship and ghostly crew
Their souls are trapped and they cannot break free
Doomed to walk the plank eternally

4

Dream of You

Dream dream I'll dream of you
Close my eyes when the day is through
My true love's dead but I'll see her in my head
When I lay my body on the bed

Dream dream I'll dream of you
Close my eyes when the day is through
The night she died she said to me
“Tonight I'll dream of you so won't you dream of me?”

Dream dream I'll dream of you
Close my eyes when the day is through
And though you're underground dear
You'll be coming around here soon

Dream dream I'll dream of you
Close my eyes when the day is through
I'll say those spells I'll drink that wine
Then I'll wait for you to come alive

Dream dream I'll dream of you
Close my eyes when the day is through
And though you're underground dear
You'll be coming around here soon

Dream dream I'll dream of you
Close my eyes when the day is through

5

Skin and Bones

There was an old woman all skin and bones
Ooooo
She lived down by the old graveyard
Ooooo
One night she thought she'd take a walk
Ooooo
She walked down by the old graveyard
Ooooo
She saw the bones a-laying around
Ooooo
She went to the closet to get a broom
Ooooo
She opened the door and...died

6

Boy With No Shadow

Everywhere he'd go his shadow would follow
He tried to hide within the light
But his shadow did follow
He walked up to his mother
His shadow did follow
He told her he was frightened
His shadow did follow

All night long he'd try to cry himself to sleep
But the shadow would whisper and scratch at his toes

No one would believe his shadow was evil
Swinging from the midnight trees
His shadow did follow
Climbing though the window
His shadow did follow
Crawling underneath his bed
His shadow did follow

All night long he'd try to cry himself to sleep
But the shadow would whisper and scratch at his toes

Never did he speak to the shadow that followed
It told him of such awful things
His shadow that followed
At last he grew so sick
Of his shadow that followed
He begged it to just go away
And strangely it listened

7

October 1347

In the violent October 1347
A ship from far Asia did sail into port
In the cargo were rats all covered with fleas
Come to old Europe to spread their disease

Pneumonic bubonic and oh worst of all
Septicemic plague would kill in an hour

They hid in their houses put signs on their doors
Lord have mercy on us but God let ‘em fall
Whole villages vanished beneath Death's scythe
The Reaper did harvest lost spirits did fly

Pneumonic bubonic and oh worst of all
Septicemic plague would kill in an hour

One third of the world in two years was gone
Foxes and crows did nest in their towers
The churches stood empty the farms all untended
In streets piled bodies all black and distended

Pneumonic bubonic and oh worst of all
Septicemic plague would kill in an hour

The moans of the living and dying combined
A cacophonous nightmare that echoes through time
It couldn't happen again we pretend
God loves us more now than he did back then
It couldn't happen again not like then
Just close your eyes dear we've got to pretend

8

The Mouldering One Returns

Hear her scratching at the window
He knew that she'd be back
Though many years have passed now
She's finally home at last

And the grave may hold her bones
Her skin be soft with mold
But the grave can't hold her ghost
Ooooo
Ooooo

Her lips so black and cold now
Her eyes so dull and gray
These endless days of darkness
Must finally pass away

And the grave may hold her bones
Her skin be soft with mold
But the grave can't hold her ghost
Ooooo
Ooooo

Now she stands before him
He longs to feel her skin
He lifts his hand to touch her
But she fades away again

And the grave may hold her bones
Her skin be soft with mold
But the grave can't hold her ghost
Ooooo
Ooooo

“Darling please don't leave me.”
He bangs his voodoo drum
The house it starts to creaking
But never does she come

And the grave may hold her bones
Her skin be soft with mold
But the grave can't hold her ghost
Ooooo
Ooooo

Yes the grave may hold her bones
Her skin be soft with mold
But the grave can't hold her ghost
Ooooo
Ooooo
Ooooo

9

Midsummer Fair

Walking home late from midsummer fair
A drunken man stumbled alone
A bitter wind blew through the dirt in his hair
And the branches were rattling like bones like bones
The branches were rattling like bones

Suddenly a pack of glowing black dogs
Came bounding toward him from the woods
Riding behind was a richly dressed huntsman
His saddle weighed down with fine goods fine goods
His saddle weighed down with fine goods

“Oh huntsman please share your spoils with me.”
The drunkard did say with a grin
A thing wrapped in white the huntsman threw down
Then galloped away once again again
He galloped away once again

Inside he found his poor infant child
So blue and so cold to the touch
Then it did twist and fall to the ground
Then shriveled and turned into dust to dust
It shriveled and turned into dust

He hurried on home to see his old wife
Who waited for him at the door
Tears filled her eyes and she shrieked in the night
“Our child is with us no more no more
Our child is with us no more.”

10

Haunted Jamboree

(Instrumental)

11

Death Of Me

Wonder wonder what will be the death of me?
Wonder when they'll put me down below?
Will they call you darling on the telephone
And tell you that you're better off alone?

When death calls me I won't go
Don't let me go

When will that old moon come rising up again?
I'm ready to begin something new
If you've got some whiskey in your pocket dear
Better have yourself a drink or two

When death calls me I won't go
Don't let me go
For once I too was young
My neck was not yet wrung
And I remember

So hang your withered bonnet on this nail dear
And tear a single teardrop from your eye
No matter how they threaten or abuse me
I will cling most desperately to life

When death calls me I won't go
Don't let me go
For once I too was young
My neck was not yet wrung
And I remember

12

You Cannot Be Saved From The Grave

The wind through the trees makes no sound
Underground underground
Nothing but bones and old dreams
So it seems so it seems
But sometimes she hears him moan
“Please help me please help me.”
But you cannot be saved from the grave
No you cannot be saved from the grave

Their voices like cool autumn leaves
Rustling through empty streets
Their eyes like bright shining dimes
Let them rise let them rise
For sometimes she hears him moan
“Please help me please help me.”
But you cannot be saved from the grave
No you cannot be saved from the grave

She kneels and she weeps for the day
She will join his decay

13

Bone Orchard Rise

Bone orchard rise bone orchard rise
Tear down tear down these skies
Oooooo
Oooooo

1

This Painful Summer

Let’s go hide beneath the water
Let’s escape this painful summer
I can’t bear another night
I’ll wait for you outside

And I’ve been watching through your window
And I’ve been swallowing the rain
Oh I’ve been worried about tomorrow
‘Cause everything is gonna change

Can’t you hear the locusts calling?
From the trees the birds are falling
The sky is filling up with dirt
And everything is wrong

And I’ve been watching through your window
And I’ve been swallowing the rain
Oh I’ve been worried about tomorrow
‘Cause everything is gonna change

Something is crying in the garden
The silent man is breathing with your lungs
Something is crying in the garden

Creatures moving in the river
Faces full of poison clover
In your hair I place my hands
To tear away the fear

And I’ve been watching through your window
And I’ve been swallowing the rain
Oh I’ve been worried about tomorrow
‘Cause everything is gonna change

Something is crying in the garden
The silent man is breathing with your lungs
Something is crying in the garden

2

Poor Desperate Fools

How many times will you tell me these lies?
How many times will I cry?
How many times will you threaten suicide?
How many times will I cry?

I sit in bright red
In those fires that I spread
Burning bright with a new one to love
And you lay in your bed
With your gun at your head
Still desperate for my cold, selfish love

How many times will you tell me these lies?
How many times will I cry?
How many times will you threaten suicide?
How many times will I cry?

My heart’s black and blue
It’s never been true
I’ve lied and I’ve cheated on you
And now that you know
All the lies that I told
You say now your life here is through

How many times will you tell me these lies?
How many times will I cry?
How many times will you threaten suicide?
How many times will I cry?

I’ll tell you it’s true
Death’s waiting for you
How he loves those poor desperate fools
Now go on ahead
Put it right in your head
There’s a better life waiting for you
It’s better then I’ve ever given you
Yeah hell is waiting for you

3

Scars

There’s something in the stars tonight
There’s something in the stars
And I can’t be away from you
No more, no more
Gather up your broken bones
And gather up your tears
We’ve been on this crooked path
For years, for years

Scars upon my eyes and face
Scars upon my tongue
I don’t know what’s happening
All I know’s I’m done
With wandering

Vultures perched upon my head
And horses with no legs
How many times for my own life
I’ve begged, I’ve begged
Liquor finally got to me
Yes liquor ruined my brain
Now every night just like a hex
I call your name

Scars upon my eyes and face
Scars upon my tongue
I don’t know what’s happening
All I know’s I’m done
With wandering

4

Someday I'll Fall

You’re knee deep
But I’m up to my neck
Don’t worry baby
It’s something you wont regret
We’ll take one more breath
Before we go down
‘Cause I’ll tell you right now, baby
We were meant to drown

(Yodel)

Well we got time now
Ain’t no need to rush in
You can call me baby
But I’m a bomb that’s ticking
But I’ll take your hand
And I’ll be at your call
Just remember darling
Someday I’ll fall

(Yodel)

5

Crippled Farms

Cities spread like cancer ‘cross the land
I’ve had ‘bout as much as I can stand
There’s nothing that I would not do
To get revenge for what they’ve put us through

There is no escape in this world
From the things I abhor
It’s all been ruined
By the man, the machine, and the war
God damn them all, God damn them all

They’ve brought their sickness
To our haunted country
On our heads they’ve placed a handsome bounty
How long can we hide on crippled farms
Before they tear us open with their horns?

There is no escape in this world
From the things I abhor
It’s all been ruined
By the man, the machine, and the war
God damn them all, God damn them all

This illusion of endlessness is done
We’ll soon become the dust of ancient ones
Everything we feared will now unfold
The cruel hands of time have taken hold

There is no escape in this world
From the things I abhor
It’s all been ruined
By the man, the machine, and the war
God damn them all, God damn them all

6

Only The Booze

It’s only the booze
That makes me feel this way
And it’s only the drugs
That make me wanna stay
This world is crashing
Fallin’ to the ground
Ain’t no need to worry
‘Cause that’s where I’ll be found

I’m tired of breakin’ those hearts
I’m tired of waking up alone
I’m tired of making
Promises I can’t hold

‘Cause it’s only the booze
That makes me feel this way
And it’s only the drugs
That make me wanna stay

It’s only the booze
That makes me feel this way
And it’s only the drugs
That make me wanna stay
I can’t go on livin’
Like tomorrow is the end
And I can’t go on livin’
With those memories in my head

I’m tired of breakin’ those hearts
I’m tired of waking up alone
I’m tired of making
Promises I can’t hold

‘Cause it’s only the booze
That makes me feel this way
And it’s only the drugs
That make me wanna stay

7

Darkness

It comes every evening
After supper’s over
I go out a-wandering through
Darkness, darkness, darkness, darkness

Birds fly ‘round in circles
And dogs lie ‘neath the tree
Where I stumble and lose my place in the
Darkness, darkness, darkness, darkness

I just don’t care for the light of day on me
I’d rather stumble around blindly

Sometimes when I’m sleeping
And walking I find myself
Falling out the window into the
Darkness, darkness, darkness, darkness

I just don’t care for the light of day on me
I’d rather stumble around blindly

8

Never Forget (These Nightmares Are Mine)

All that’s left are those who are scarred
Those who are buried and those who are burned
But those untouched, oh how they’re afraid
They watch me, and they’ll hate me, until the grave

Oh how they circle, oh Lord, how they prey
They wait for me, and they watch for me
I can’t keep them away
I try to tell myself that nothing is real
This loneliness is something no one should feel

Now don’t pity me
Don’t you feel shame
Never ever forget I’m all to blame
Oh these days are dark
But dear I’ll be fine
Never ever forget
These nightmares are mine

I’ll never know how it feels to be burned
‘Cause I’d never give in, I’d never get hurt
And I’ll never know how it feels to lose it all
And it’s all because I’ll never love

Now don’t pity me
Don’t you feel shame
Never ever forget I’m all to blame
Oh these days are dark
But dear I’ll be fine
Never ever forget
These nightmares are mine

9

Empty House

The worst feeling I’ve ever known
That’s what I’ve been feeling today
I’m all out of drugs and all out of hope
Lord take this heartsick feeling away
‘Cause it’s hard coming home to an empty house

The dog I had I put him to rest
‘Cause he tore up the girl next door
Now I’ve got to live with that
I feel as bad as if I killed my own Pa
And it’s hard coming home to an empty house

Wish I had the courage to slit my fucking throat
Wish I had a bag of that good old fashioned dope
‘Cause it’s hard coming home to an empty house

And everyday that passes away
I might as well be falling down stairs
I don’t wanna go to heaven, I don’t wanna go to hell
Lord just let me keep a-going nowhere
‘Cause it’s hard coming home to an empty house

I lock my doors and close my blinds
And then I just sit here all night
I try to sleep but I stay awake
I know there’s something ‘bout me not right
And it’s hard coming home to an empty house

Wish I had the courage to slit my fucking throat
Wish I had a bag of that good old fashioned dope
‘Cause it’s hard coming home to an empty house

10

Give Up And Die

I’ve done it again
I’ve given into that sin
I’ve fallen so hard
I’m breathless again
I can’t walk that line
You know I never would
And my heart stops time
To think that I could

I can’t sleep at night
And Lord, I cry everyday
And I’ve run out of pills
That kept me sane
We all go through hard times
But Lord just ease my mind
How much longer do I have
I’m dying inside?

Everything’s alright
Everything’s okay
‘Till that moon comes shinin’
On into the day
And not a day goes by
That I’m not dead inside
What’s the point of livin’
If living’s a lie?

Now look in my eyes
Baby, don’t lie
Tell me all my happiness has died
And I got nothin’ else
And Lord I know it’s time
For me to give in
Give up and die