Flatt And Scruggs Rock Salt And Nails Lyrics

Rock Salt And Nails Lyrics

By the banks of the river where the willows hang down



And the wild birds all warble with a low mourning sound



Down in the hollow where the water runs cold



It was there I first listened to the lies that you told



Now I lie on my bed and I see your sweet face



The past I remember time cannot erase



A letter you wrote me it was written in shame



And I know that your conscience still echoes my name



[ harmonica ]



Now the nights are so long load sorrow unsteep



And nothing is worse than a night wothout sleep



I walk out alone and look at the sky too empty to say too lonesome to cry



If the ladies were blackbirds and the ladies were fishes



I'd lie there for hours in the chilly cold matches



If the ladies were squirrels with a high bushy tail



I'd fill up my shotgun with a rock salt and nails