[ti:Black River Killer]
[ar:Blitzen Trapper]
[al:]
[00:06.82]It was just a little while past the sunset strip
[00:09.83]They found the girl's body in an open pit
[00:13.05]Her mouth was sewn shut, but her eyes were still wide
[00:16.09]Gazing through the fog to the other side
[00:19.54]They booked me on a whim and threw me deep in jail
[00:21.96]With no bail, sitting silent on a rusty pail
[00:25.08]Just gazing at the marks on the opposite wall
[00:28.24]Remembering the music of my lover's call
[00:37.10]So you make no mistake
[00:38.65]I know just what it takes
[00:40.10]To pull a man's soul back from heaven's gates
[00:43.19]I've been wandering in the dark about as long as sin
[00:45.90]But they say it's never too late to start again
[00:49.18]Oh when, oh when
[00:52.24]Will the spirit come a calling for my soul to sin
[00:55.26]Oh when, oh when
[00:58.49]Will the keys to the kingdom be mine again?
[01:13.44]It was dark as the grave, it was just about three
[01:16.44]When the warden with his key came to set me free
[01:19.36]They gave me five dollars and a secondhand suit
[01:22.48]A pistol and a hat and a worn out flute
[01:25.24]So I took a bus down to the Rio Grande
[01:27.93]And I shot a man down on the edge of town
[01:31.13]Then I stole me a horse and I rode it around
[01:33.89]Til the sheriff pulled me in and sat me down
[01:38.40]He said, you make no mistake
[01:39.89]I know just what it takes
[01:41.27]To pull a man's soul back from heaven's gates
[01:44.07]I've been wandering in the dark about as long as sin
[01:47.02]But they say it's never too late to start again
[01:50.13]Oh when, oh when
[01:53.13]Will the spirit come a calling for my soul to sin
[01:56.05]Oh when, oh when
[01:58.98]Will the keys to the kingdom be mine again?
[02:14.17]Well the sheriff let me go with a knife and a song
[02:16.94]So I took the first train up to Oregon
[02:19.91]And I killed the first man that I came upon
[02:23.14]Because the devil works quick, you know it don't take long
[02:27.56]Then I went to the river ford to take a swim
[02:30.25]You know that black river water is as black as sin
[02:33.02]And I washed myself clean as a newborn babe
[02:36.07]And then I picked up a rock for to sharpen my blade
[02:39.51]Oh when, oh when
[02:42.28]Will the spirit come a calling for my soul to sin
[02:45.19]Oh when, oh when
[02:48.15]Will the keys to the kingdom be mine again?
[02:51.60]Oh when, oh when
[02:54.21]Will that black river water wash me clean again
[02:57.54]Oh when, oh when
[03:00.99]Will thee keys to the kingdom be mine again