Darla Farmer - The Vigilant Mr. Lynch lyrics

How they'd love to hold us Beneath the limbs of the trees Ordained by natures hammer Nurtured in the forestry If you dance upon their treetops Then they'll burn their forests down They'd set fire to their bedrooms If it meant that you'd be found If you dance upon their treetops Then they'll burn their forests down They'd set fire to their bedrooms If it meant that you'd be found The man, He must be broken To take the law upon his back He hides his weary conscience As he performs his shameful task But if the veil was ever lifted If the public chose a side They'd call one man vigilant While the other man had died The eyes of god will see no judge Yet some give to the cause They call one man vigilant While the rest have died like dogs Bill you were a magistrate William wouldn't give an inch But it's your name they complicate You only whipped them Mr. lynch