d clay under my nails, deep crimson on my skin You could strip me of everything I own And just leave me with the memories of my Alabama home
I guess the highway didn't kill me after all But I thought I was a goner in that trailer fire in Arkansas But I just let her burn and walked away And crawled back to the crimson and the clay
I got a little bolt action for my 9th birthday I can flip a silver dollar from a hundred yards away A 1911 under my floor mat Then one day it just occurred to me, I got no use for that
Guess the city didn't kill me after all The thing that nearly took me out was loneliness and alcohol And I just put it down and walked away And crawled back to the crimson and the clay
See the moon in the morning, I anticipate the night Licked the spoon in the kitchen, we prayed to Martha White Little noose in a locker, brown eyes crying in the hall Rebel flags on the highway, wooden crosses on the wall
Guess the small town didn't suit me after all There's still so many lonely kids surrounded by the rest of y'all And I can't seem to keep myself away So I head back to the crimson and the clay