Steal My Body Home

Put me in a hole in the ground

With the money and the town

And the women all runnin' around



Can't complain about the mess

Momma killed her only dress

Now she's longin' for the pines



Watch my troubles all unwind

Drinkin' gasoline and wine

Catch a chill off the stove



On the train they cannot feel

Lost my head beneath the wheel

Now she steals my body home



The trees are fake, the air is dead

The birds are stuffed with poison lead

And the ground is much too clean



And if it's only me who's scared

Strap me into the electric chairs

Ring the moon like a broken bell



When she drags you from the hill

Daddy's gonna burn down the still

We can watch it from the rooftop



Lay into the fryin' pan

Now she kisses her own hand

With the fiddle on the fire



I took a leap into the fog

Sleepin' on a hollow log

Now I'm coughin' with no mouth



You can keep yourself inside

But you know you cannot hide

When the devil's your only friend