[Verse 1] I rolled in low at dawn Past a rusted sign in clay The rows of hops were black as coal Like they’d swallowed up the day Old wire bent like broken bones And the air just turned to ash A man in boots said, “Boy, keep out” Then he vanished in the mash [Verse 2] There’s a shack behind the treeline With a crow nailed to the door Every seed that touched that ground Came up wrong and wanted more Mama said the land was cursed Daddy said it was a lie But the wind would spell my name at night And the hounds would howl and cry [Pre-Chorus] I seen red out past the fence I heard iron in the rain Something grinned beneath the dirt And called me by my name [Chorus] The Devil’s Hop Yard The Devil’s Hop Yard He grows that bitter crop The Devil’s Hop Yard The Devil’s Hop Yard You can’t make the devil stop (hey) (He takes it all) [Verse 3] Now the biker boys come rumbling For a taste and for a dare They drink that darkened harvest down Then they stagger back and stare Every bottle bites like sin Every laugh comes out a curse And the man who owns that cursed-up ground Just keeps getting meaner, worse [Pre-Chorus] I saw smoke crawl from the soil I saw eyes in every vine When the moon came up in pieces It was riding on his sign [Chorus] The Devil’s Hop Yard The Devil’s Hop Yard He grows that bitter crop The Devil’s Hop Yard The Devil’s Hop Yard You can’t make the devil stop (hey) (He takes it all) [Bridge] [Half-time breakdown] If you hear that chain drag low Better keep your headlights on He’ll trade you gold for a crooked soul Then he’ll be gone by dawn I tried to leave with my hands full But the road went bone-dry black And the whole yard laughed in the wind When I never made it back [Guitar Solo] [Final Chorus] The Devil’s Hop Yard The Devil’s Hop Yard He grows that bitter crop The Devil’s Hop Yard The Devil’s Hop Yard You can’t make the devil stop (hey) (He takes it all) (The Devil’s Hop Yard) (He takes it all)
