Danger and Dread

Come on baby let me take your troubles away

Some mean old mama’s got your head all in a horrible way

Still for all your cryin’ and all your pain

You’re just the sweetest little woman that I’ve seen in my day

So come on pretty mama let me take your troubles away

I’ve heard you wake up cryin’ from the evils lyin’ under our bed

You say there’s no use tryin’ to protect you from the danger and dread

Though this world is made of fearsome beasts that bark and bite

We were born to put these creatures through one hell of a fight

May we feast upon the flesh of any fever that befalls you tonight

Soon her sides will split wide open

We shall feast when darkness falls

Sing until our jaws are broken

Heed the blackened water’s call

Lay down your burdens don’t you let them drag you into the ground

I know you’re hurtin’ but there’s plenty of your pain to go ‘round

Lord knows that everybody’s got a cross to bear

And I see no use in tryin’ to contrast and compare

There’s always someone being slaughtered by a bigger stack of splinters somewhere

If a day should break in anger

Patience weak and temper strong

Put our able hands to labor

We will work through what went wrong