Believe

The Legendary Shack Shakers Believe Lyrics
1.Agony Wagon

Lyricist:J.d. Wilkes

What evil star burns bright my old flame
And wilted my rose of Jericho
Whose glare killed the prayer last parted from her lips
And lit the path to churchyards untold?

The pitter and the patter of her dance once whirled away
The eve like a dream of youthful bloom
But now the iron clatter of my godforsaken woe
Echoes ancient tones of shackled doom

Oh, I'll ride this agony wagon
Forever to heaven or to hell
I'll ride this agony wagon
My bones are damned to roam these rusty rails
Rusty rails

Oh, I'll ride this agony wagon
Forever to heaven or to hell
I'll ride this agony wagon
My bones are damned to roam these rusty rails
Rusty rails

What unholy haint rakes the devil's lyre
And dumbs the din of joy bells in my soul
Who in silent gloom arrives snapping thicket underfoot
In moonless mist to light my carriage coals?

So into the shady dank of St. Jude's garden stairs
East of the sun and west of the moon
Where her secret crypt of nightshade is shut inside his mind
Locked tighter than a toddler in a tomb

Oh, I'll ride this agony wagon
Forever to heaven or to hell
I'll ride this agony wagon
My bones are damned to roam these rusty rails
Rusty rails


2.Creek Cats

Lyricist:J.d. Wilkes

Hey people, oh, can't you hear that sound?
Oh, people, people, can't you hear that sound?
There's some no-good in the making
And the creek cats are on the prowl, on the prowl

When the whippoorwills cry
It means you're already dead, dead
When will the whippoorwills cry?
You're already dead, you're already dead
They get spooked into your house
And now they're lighting on the post of your bed, post of your
bed

They'll bust your back door down
They'll bust your back door down
They'll bust your back door down, down, down
They'll bust your back door down
They'll bust your back door down
And now they're lighting on the post of your bed, post of your
bed

Oh, when the blue moon's high
You know the creek waters flood
Yeah, when the blue moon's high
You know the creek waters flood
Well, that's a sure sign of death
When you can read it in the tracks in the mud, tracks in the mud

They'll bust your back door down
They'll bust your back door down
They'll bust your back door down, down, down
They'll bust your back door down
They'll bust your back door down
And now they're lighting on the post of your bed, post of your
bed


3.Piss And Vinegar

Lyricist:J.d. Wilkes

I'm full of piss and vinegar
Oozin' through my jugular vein
I'm full of piss, vinegar
Bubblin' to the brim of my brain

Break out the brown paper and the sippin' wine
Greasy ain't easy but I'm doin' fine
'Cause I'm a jumpin' Jim Dandy
Doin' a hillbilly hullabaloo

I'm full of vim, verve and vigor
Turpentene and nicotine
I'm full of vim, verve and vigor
Set me up and watch me unwind

You can smell me comin' by the Listerine
Witch-hazel, vitapointe and vaseline
'Cause I'm a jumpin' Jim Dandy
Doin' a hillbilly boogaloo

I'm full of piss and vinegar
Brylcream and brilliantine
I'm full of piss, vinegar
Wine me up and see if I'm lyin'

You don't knock my gold tooth out, I need it for more
Than smilin' at the landlady at my door
'Cause I'm a jumpin' Jim Dandy
Doin' a hillbilly boogaloo

Vim, verve, vigor, piss and vinegar
Vim, verve, vigor, piss and vinegar
Vim, verve, vigor, piss and vinegar


4.Swampblood

Lyricist:Joshua Devan Wilkes

Way down in Toxarcana I was ten years old
In a fever dream, dark night of the soul
Well, it was brillig and the slithey toves
I bid the world goodbye by the dead bog oaks

Drop down in the swampblood
Drop down in the blood
I'm washed in the swampblood
I'm washed in the blood, aye

Well, dusty bibles lead to a dirty south
He's sittin' with a toadstool rottin' in his mouth
In the clearin' where the bras hang down from the trees
He's cappin' a coffee can full of teeth

Drop down in the swampblood
Drop down in the blood
I'm washed in the swampblood
I'm washed in the blood, yeah

Down Doom's Chapel Road, past his great grandma
She says, turn 'em loose or I'll call the law
He says, there's no testimony without the test
What we do with our own is our own damn business

Drop down in the swampblood
Drop down in the blood
I'm washed in the swampblood
I'm washed in the blood

Drop down in the swampblood
Drop down in the blood
I'm washed in the swampblood
I'm washed in the blood