Well if you ever go
back into Wooley Swamp
well you better
not go at night
There's things out
there in the middle of
them woods that'd
make a strong
man die from fright
Things that crawl
and things that fly
things that creep
around on the ground
And they say the ghost
of Lucius Clay gets
up and he walks around
but I couldn't believe it
I just had to find
out for myself
and I couldn't
conceive it
Cause I never would
listen to nobody else
and I couldn't believe it
I just had to
find out for myself
There's some things
in this world you
just can't explain
The old man lived
in the Wooley Swamp
way back in
Booger Woods
And he never did
do a lot of harm
in the world
but he never
did do no good
People didn't think
too much of him
they all thought
he acted funny
The old man didn't
care about people
anyway all he cared
about was his money
He'd stuff it all down
into Mason jars
and he'd bury
it all around
But on certain
nights if the moon
was right he'd dig it
up out of the ground
He'd pour it
all out on the floor of
his shack and he'd run
his fingers through it
Yeah Lucius Clay
was a greedy old man
and that's all there
ever was to it
But I couldn't believe
it I just had to find
out for myself and
I couldn't conceive it
Cause I never would listen
to nobody else and
I couldn't believe it
I just had to find
out for myself there's
some things in this world
you just can't explain
The Cable boys were
some white trash they
lived over on
Carver's Creek
They were mean
as a snake and sneaky
as a cat and belligerent
when they'd speak
One night the oldest
brother said ya'll
meet me in the
Wooley Swamp later
We'll take old Lucius'
money and we'll feed
him to the alligators
They found the old man
out in the back with
a shovel in his hand
And thirteen rusty
Mason jars he'd just
dug up out of the sand
Then they all went
crazy and they
beat the old man
and they picked him
up off the ground
Then they threw him in
the swamp and they
stood there and laughed
as the black water
sucked him down
And then they turned
around and went
back to the shack and
they picked up
the money and ran
Hadn't gone nowhere
when they realized
that they were
running in quicksand
And they struggled
and they screamed
but they couldn't
get away and just
before they went under
They could hear
that old man laughing
in a voice as
loud as thunder
Now that's been
fifty years ago an
if you go by there yet
There's a spot in
the yard in the back
of that shack where
the ground is always wet
And on certain nights
if the moon is right
down by that
dark footpath
You can hear three
young men screaming
and you can hear
one old man laugh
If you ever go back
into Wooley Swamp
well you better
not go at night
There's things
out there in the middle
of them woods
that'd make a strong
man die from fright
Things that crawl
and things that fly
things that creep
around on the ground
And they say the ghost
of Lucius Clay gets
up and he walks around
but I couldn't believe it
I just had to find
out for myself
and I couldn't
conceive it
Cause I never
would listen to
nobody else and
I couldn't believe it
I just had to find
out for myself
There's some
things in this world
you just can't explain
There's some
things in this world
you just can't explain