Lyrics

Blackwater
© Terry Eilers and Mariam
BMI 2005

Sheriff said the judge ain?t gonna? like it
You?re makin? moonshine again
And sellin? it down in front of Mooney?s bar
To the folks that are goin? in
I guess you need a little persuasion
So I think we?ll let you observe
Sit in that cell and watch us drink this evidence
You?re getting? less than you deserve

It?s a little Blackwater justice
Just north of Hattisburg
It?s better than spendin? too much time in jail
And lookin? like a two bit crook
They say the lord is gonna? forgive me
If I kneel right down and pray
And as long as I?m makin? that pure white lightnin?
They?ll overlook my?evil ways

INSTRUMENTAL

One night I slipped down to Jasper County
Do a little huntin? for the night
No more than got myself, out of the car
They hit me with all those red lights
Said we don?t appreciate your spottin?
Down here on the county line
But we?d be willing to trade some your moonshine gold
For about two years of your life

To Chorus

TAG
Yea, I know the lord?ll forgive me
Someday I?ll mend my evil ways
But right now I gotta? make a delivery
That judge don?t like it when he has to wait

OUTRO