Devil in the Cotton Fields

rock, Swampy heavy Southern rock with twin Les Paul-style guitars in open, snarling tunings, male vocals pushed into gritty saturation, Verses ride a mid-tempo stomp with Hammond organ growling under the riff; chorus widens with doubled vocals, slide guitar answers, and pounding kick on every downbeat, Short harmonized guitar break after the second chorus, drums laying back into a half-time crush before slamming into the final refrain and a feedback-drenched outro, southern rock, deep, swamp blues

[Verse 1]
Red clay road runs straight then bends
Past the rusted sign where the blacktop ends
Old man said
"Boy
Don’t you cross that line
That’s where the stories come to life at night"

[Pre-Chorus]
Cicadas scream like a warning
Sweat stings my eyes
Still I go
Boot prints fade in the dust now
But there’s fresh ash under the rows

[Chorus]
Devil in the cotton fields
Waiting where the river don’t heal
Under that Mississippi moon
He’ll sing your name out soon
Silver tongue and a sulfur grin
"Shake my hand
Let the bad luck in"
Devil in the cotton fields
You don’t leave the way you came in

[Verse 2]
Saw a hat on a fence
No head in sight
Heard a fiddle crying somewhere to the right
Shadow on the furrows
Tall and thin
Said
"Son
What you trading for the mess you’re in?"

[Pre-Chorus]
Bottle in his hand
Black as tar
Smoke curled up like a prayer gone wrong
Heard my grandma’s hymn in the distance
Then he twisted it into a wicked song (oh yeah)

[Bridge]
He said
"Legends ain’t born
They’re stolen
From the ones too scared to bleed"
Showed me ghosts of every crossroad
Every hungry
Haunted seed
I felt my pulse start pounding
Like a drum in a shallow grave
Whispered
"Take back what you gave me"
And the whole dark field misbehaved (hey!)

[Outro]
Now the tales they tell ’bout a fool like me
Who talked back under that hanging moon
If you hear that low voice humming your tune
Turn around
Boy
Get gone soon
Devil in the cotton fields
He remembers every deal you ever do

2004/7500

[Verse 1] Red clay road runs straight then bends Past the rusted sign where the blacktop ends Old man said "Boy Don’t you cross that line That’s where the stories come to life at night" [Pre-Chorus] Cicadas scream like a warning Sweat stings my eyes Still I go Boot prints fade in the dust now But there’s fresh ash under the rows [Chorus] Devil in the cotton fields Waiting where the river don’t heal Under that Mississippi moon He’ll sing your name out soon Silver tongue and a sulfur grin "Shake my hand Let the bad luck in" Devil in the cotton fields You don’t leave the way you came in [Verse 2] Saw a hat on a fence No head in sight Heard a fiddle crying somewhere to the right Shadow on the furrows Tall and thin Said "Son What you trading for the mess you’re in?" [Pre-Chorus] Bottle in his hand Black as tar Smoke curled up like a prayer gone wrong Heard my grandma’s hymn in the distance Then he twisted it into a wicked song (oh yeah) [Chorus] Devil in the cotton fields Waiting where the river don’t heal Under that Mississippi moon He’ll sing your name out soon Silver tongue and a sulfur grin "Shake my hand Let the bad luck in" Devil in the cotton fields You don’t leave the way you came in [Bridge] He said "Legends ain’t born They’re stolen From the ones too scared to bleed" Showed me ghosts of every crossroad Every hungry Haunted seed I felt my pulse start pounding Like a drum in a shallow grave Whispered "Take back what you gave me" And the whole dark field misbehaved (hey!) [Chorus] Devil in the cotton fields Waiting where the river don’t heal Under that Mississippi moon He’ll sing your name out soon Silver tongue and a sulfur grin "Shake my hand Let the bad luck in" Devil in the cotton fields I walked out But he still lives in my skin [Outro] Now the tales they tell ’bout a fool like me Who talked back under that hanging moon If you hear that low voice humming your tune Turn around Boy Get gone soon Devil in the cotton fields He remembers every deal you ever do

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