Jim Brown - The Devil & The Gavel

Raised on this land
A reputation to try on the stand
He made a wife and some kids and a decent living
Upholding the law of the land
It was 10 good years then the pain appeared
Before anyone wound up dead
She stayed by her man
Through infidelity and dirty hands
She tried to keep the place clean
But the hand that feeds her
Was aimin' down the barrel again
There's a rumor goin' around in my hometown
Where the Devil and the Gavel collide
I heard it from a whisper down the Salkahatchie River
By the bridge on the opposite side
Hide the money underneath the pills and the pleas
Of the people with the real disease
The Devil and the Gavel
Like a Bible and a Rifle
Believe them when they said
It was Red
Ain't it a shame
He had to keep the same last name
He took to huntin' and fishin'
But the bad decisions
Took a ride with him that day
To lose a beautiful soul
Before the Lord could save her
And keep the demons outta' the bay
A house on the sand
Wasn't built to take the stand
It never had a chance
Cus' the man that raised it
Was as crooked as Bubba's hind legs
There's a rumor goin' around in my hometown
Where the Devil and the Gavel collide
I heard it from a whisper down the Salkahatchie River
By the bridge on the opposite side
Hide the money underneath the pills and the pleas
Of the people with the real disease
The Devil and the Gavel
Like a Bible and a Rifle
Believe them when they said
It was Red
Yeah, Big Red
I ain't one to go throw stones
I got demons all my own
I feel for the kid
With his life to live
Who watched it from the third row
Now there's a rumor goin' around in my hometown
Where the Devil and the Gavel collide
I heard it from a whisper down the Salkahatchie River
By the bridge on the opposite side
Hide the money underneath the pills and the pleas
Of the people with the real disease
The Devil and the Gavel
Like a Bible and a Rifle
Believe them when they said
It was Red
Yeah, Big Red

Written by:
Jim Brown

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