Gillian Welch - Bodysnatchers lyrics

Everything's predictable in little river towns Barges and tobacco, drinking straight Kentucky brown Mama's bunions swelling when there's evil creeping round Like bodysnatchers You know she used to tell me she was gazing out at space I can feel them coming down to pilfer and erase And I should have told you the first time that I saw you face to face That you're a bodysnatcher I sold my soul for something up on Barford Hatches Twenty years of lining down the tracks Mama said next time you see the bodysnatchers Tell them all they'd better get back You better get back, get back, get back Better get back you bodysnatchers Better get back, get back, get back You better get back you bodysnatchers Each Mississippi river queen tries to play the saint This far down the river you pretend you what you ain't I'm the son of a son of a pioneer gun, I slather on the paint Like a bodysnatcher The nameless tombstones crumble o'er the graves of Cairo kings When there's high water everywhere it covers everything And when the sun comes out of nowhere you can hear the birdies sing You're the bodysnatcher I sold my soul for something up on Barford Hatches Twenty years and lining down the track Mama said next time you see the bodysnatchers Tell them all they'd better get back You better get back, get back, get back You better get back you bodysnatchers Better get back, get back, get back You better get back you bodysnatchers I guess if it was up to me I'd probably let you live But Mama, when you cross her, she's slower to forgive She'll stick you full of pins and leave you bleeding like a sieve For bodysnatching So when you come around here you best be waving something white A pillowcase or a handkerchief ought to get the message right And you oughta try not thieving things in the middle of the night Don't be a bodysnatcher I sold my soul for something up on Barford Hatches Twenty years of lining down the track Mama said next time you see the bodysnatchers Tell them all they'd better get back You better get back, get back, get back Better get back you bodysnatchers You better get back, get back, get back You better get back you bodysnatchers