Burnin' The Woodshed Down

Summer sun is swinging low

Out here in the cotton row

Surrounded by my sorrow

Summer sun is swinging low



Ain't no mother for my brother and me

Lost her back in 63

Drowned herself in a sea of Jim Bean

Ain't no mother for my brother and me



So I'm burnin' the woodshed down

Gonna burn it to the ground

Gonna kick the ashes all around

I'm burnin' the woodshed down



Daddy beat me black and he beat me blue

Broke his hickory stick in two

God only knows what I'm bound to do

Daddy beat me black and he beat me blue



So I'm burnin' the woodshed down

Gonna burn it to the ground

I'm gonna kick the ashes all around

I'm burnin' the woodshed down



I'm gonna show that man just want I mean

Pour out this can of kerosene

I'm gonna toss a match into the breeze

I'm gonna show that man just want I mean



Hey I'm burnin' the woodshed down

Gonna burn it to the ground

I'm gonna kick the ashes all around

I'm burnin' the woodshed down



I'm gonna kick the ashes all around

I'm burnin' the woodshed down