"Dark And Bloody Ground" lyrics

I've been going like a quarry slave at night
All busted down and burning for my bed
I've been thinking about a woman in a wild Kentucky town
Where the mountains are high near Harlan
And the whirlpools twirl on down
There my secret can be found
In the dark and bloody ground
In the dark and bloody ground

Oh how I've missed you
Oh how I've cried
I'd like to lay down by my side
Love you just once before I die
And I'd be gentle, and I'd never hurt you
And God might send a moonbeam
Lay us down in pleasant dreams
Whatsoever things are lovely
Whatsoever things are true
Whatsoever things are kind and pure
Thank you, these things
And God might send down a moonbeam
And lay us down in pleasant dreams

Dewy was my best friend, he was tall
Stood six foot nine against the wall
We both loved the same girl, but Dewy he went bad
And I guess you could say it made one mad
He didn't have to do those awful things to you
Yeah Dewy made me sick
But I guess it takes two heels to click
I took my nine pound hammer
Swung it hard and swung it round
I kicked him in the temple
Watched him fall to the ground, woah
My blade found its mark in the dark
And that blood flowed in the sand
From that tall Kentucky man
Oh hell hath no fury like the blues
When a man's got on his killing shoes
In the dark and bloody ground
In the dark and bloody ground
In the dark and bloody ground
The dark and bloody ground