Watertown

He went down to Watertown expecting all his sin to be washed clean
 He killed a man in Birmingham and he jumped the first train south to New Orleans
 With a sea note from a dead man's coat pearl handel pistol smoke and still
 He saw a shadow cross his path and in it's wake he felt a dead man's chill
 Well down by the Mississippi the trains stop on a dime
 And into that muddy river he threw his gun as though it might free him from his crime
 In the absent bar on Burbon Street he heard a foreign voice call his name
 He said son I see you're weary eyes and it looks to me that you're running from your shame
 Dont go down to Watertown expecting all your sin to be washed clean.
 He said well I have a plan that might just set your conscience free
 There's a preacher man with a withered hand in a little town in northern Tennessee
 And for a tender price he'll roll the dice and if it comes up seven you're going to win
 Yeah but if that man rolls snake eyes my friend you'll pay double for your sin
 Well he settled up a stolen horse and rode North in the night
 Yeah and come to second sun up the little town was just within his sight
 He was sitting by the river twisted like a snake
 And little did he know that river soon to be his grave
 So don't go down to Watertown expecting all your sins to be washed clean
 Well he rode on into town and all the people stood and stared
 he started feeling nervous he started getting scared
 He turned a dusty corner he tried to hide but he find a lynch mob waiting there
 Well they grab him quick and grab him hard and drug him right off that stolen mare
 Well then the weathered hand preacher man pushed his way through the crowd
 He looked down at the stranger on the ground held his gun and laughed out loud
 I see you met my brother down in New Orleans and took his word for true
 Well the main you killed in Birmingham if you don't know was the father to us two
 Don't go down to Watertown expecting all your sin to be washed clean
 He strapped two mighty boulders from his broken knees
 They laughed and kickef and spit on him despite him crying and screaming please
 It took 12 men 3 on each limb to drag him to the river and throw him in
 He never had a prayer as the water baptized and drowned him with His sin
 Don't go down to Watertown expecting all your sins to be washed clean
 Don't go down to Watertown expecting all your sins to be washed clean
 Young man you're bound to drowned in Watertown
 Young man you're bound to drowned in Watertown