Meet Me In The Alleyway

(album: I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive - 2011)

I had a melancholy malady
Went to see the doctor and the doctor say
Too bad, nothing he could do
He knew a man in Louisiana if I'm willing to pay
Laid my money on the barrelhead

Man behind the bar began to shimmy and shake
Can't lie, I reckoned I was dead
When he picked my money up and I heard him say
Meet me in the alleyway minute to midnight
Don't be late meet me in the alleyway
Better come running the spirits won't wait
Thirteen tiger teeth in my talisman
St. John the Conqueror and a black cat bone
Been seen walking with the guardians
Now I'm in the alley and I'm all alone
Can't run, can't hide from destiny
Knew this day was calling nearly all of my life
Been done ain't the only boy from Tennessee
To carve his name in cypress with a jawbone knife

So you wanna be the king of America
Say you wanna know the oracle's mind
Say you wanna see the Marquesses of Mardi Gras
dancing with the devil at the end of the line