Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Scarlet Town, artist - Gillian Welch. Album song The Harrow & The Harvest, in the genre Музыка мира
Date of issue: 27.06.2011
Record label: Acony
Song language: English
Scarlet Town |
Buddy I went down to Scarlet Town |
Never been there before |
You slept on a feather bed |
I slept on the floor |
I don’t mind a lean old time |
Or drinking my coffee cold |
But the things I seen in Scarlet Town |
Did mortify my soul |
Look at that deep well |
Look at that dark grave |
Ringing that iron bell |
In Scarlet Town today |
I spent some time in New Orleans |
And came along a bend |
But Scarlet Town brought me down |
Low as I ever been |
Look at that deep well |
Look at that dark grave |
Ringing that iron bell |
In Scarlet Town today |
On the day I came to Scarlet Town |
You promised I’d be your bride |
You left me here to rot away |
Like holly on a mountainside |
Look at that deep well |
Look at that dark ray |
Ringing that iron bell |
In Scarlet Town today |
Now you may hide in Scarlet Town |
For a hundred years or more |
But the man who knows what time it is |
Is knocking at the door |
So fare you well, my own true love |
If you never see me around |
I’ll be looking through a telescope |
From hell to Scarlet Town |
Look at that deep well |
Look at that dark ray |
Ringing that iron bell |
In Scarlet Town today |