Sink Hole
Album(s): Decoration Day,Sung by: Patterson Hood
Written by: Patterson Hood
I've always been a religious man, I've always been a religious man,
but I met the banker and it felt like sin, he turned my bailout down.
The banker man, he let into me, he let into me, he let into me.
The banker man, he let into me and he spread my name around.
He thinks I ain't got a lick of sense 'cause I talk slow and my money's spent.
I ain't the type to hold it against, but he better stay off my farm.
'cause it was my daddy's and his daddy's before
and his daddy's before and his daddy's before.
Five generations and an unlocked door and a loaded burglar alarm.
Lots of pictures of my purdy family, lots of pictures of my purdy family,
lots of pictures of my purdy family in the house where we was born.
House has stood through five tornadoes,
droughts and floods and five tornadoes.
I'd rather wrassle an alligator than to face the banker's scorn,
'cause he won't even look me in the eye.
He just takes my land and apologize,
with pen, paper, and a friendly smile, he said the deed is done.
The sound you hear is my Daddy spinning, the sound you hear is my Daddy spinning,
The sound you hear is my Daddy spinning over what the banker done.
Like to invite him for some pot roast beef and mashed potatoes and sweet tea.
Follow it up with some 'nana pudding and a walk around the farm.
Show him the view from McGee Town Hill.
Let him stand in my place and see how it feels
to lose the last thing on earth that's real.
I'd rather lose my legs and arms.
Bury his body in the old sink hole, bury his body in the old sink hole,
bury his body in the old sink hole, under cold November skies.
Then damned if I wouldn't go to church on Sunday,
damned if I wouldn't go to church on Sunday,
damned if I wouldn't go to church on Sunday,
and look the Preacher in the eye.