"Hillbilly Possessed" lyrics

I once knew a snakehandling preacher
Never went to a school or took from a teacher
He learned it all from Man's great fall
In the darkest hollow he'd ever crawled
In the darkest hollow he'd ever crawled

I once saw him suck out the poison
From an ankle-bone bite wound of a gal he was courting
The young widow Hazlitt was sipping from the fountain
Bout to slide herself off the side of Dope Mountain
Bout to slide herself off the side of Dope Mountain

He turned red and she turned blue
He turned green and she turned too
He spit out a stream of the devil's semen
As she carried on with her silent screaming
As she carried on with her silent screaming

There's still a union of serpents near Nickajack Lake
An Appalachian marvel of witness and claim
Thus spoke the fool who took up the book
Cocksure with charm he was landing them hooks
Cocksure with charm he was landing them hooks

You can't tell 'em nothing, you best save your breath
For something worth saving that ain't happened yet
A mighty dumb faith is what you would heave
To get on with a church that worships a need
To get on with a church that worships a need

I once knew a snakehandling preacher
Never went to a school or took from a teacher
He learned it all from Man's great fall
In the darkest hollow he'd ever crawled
In the darkest hollow he'd ever crawled