[Intro] [Fingerpicked Acoustic Banjo with Low Down-Tuned Guitar Chugs] [Spoken Intro - Deep Southern Drawl] Out in Robertson County, along the Red River banks... Some say the Devil took a farm and turned it into hell. They called her Old Kate... but she wasn't no woman no more. [Verse 1] [Low Resonant Southern Drawl] Eighteen-seventeen, the corn was high and dark Old John Bell went walking, found a hound without a bark Shot at a shadowy beast standing by the timber line Something woke in the red dirt, something evil by design. [Pre-Chorus] [Dynamic Build-up - Heavy Drum Stomp & Chugging Guitars] [Raspy Country Vocal Rising in Intensity] Chains rattling on the porch, knocking on the cedar walls Unseen fingers in the dark, calling before the dawn falls! [Chorus] [Powerful Belted Vocal with Heavy Distorted Riffs] Oh, the Witch of the Red River is dragging us down! With a country drawl and an iron crown! Singing sweet like a hymnal, screaming hard like the grave, Ain't a preacher in Tennessee that John Bell can save! [Verse 2] [Deep Southern Drawl over Heavy Bass & Heavy Groove Riffs] Feathers pulled from the pillows, plates smashing on the floor Betsy weeping in her bedroom, scratching at the cabin door Voices reciting scriptures, turning holy words to spit A dark spirit haunting the valley, straight from the bottomless pit. [Pre-Chorus] [Dynamic Build-up] [Dual Vocals - Low Southern Twang layered with Piercing Metal Scream] Needles sticking in the flesh, medicine turned into ink Watch the old man choke and die before the morning light can blink! [Chorus] [Powerful Belted Vocal & Driving Heavy Rhythm] Oh, the Witch of the Red River is dragging us down! With a country drawl and an iron crown! Singing sweet like a hymnal, screaming hard like the grave, Ain't a preacher in Tennessee that John Bell can save! [Bridge] [Heavy Metal Breakdown - Down-Tuned 8-String Riffs & Slow Heavy Stomp] [Aggressive Guttural Metal Growl] I was here before the trees! I'll be here when you die! [Pained High-Pitched Metal Scream] Burn the homestead! Scatter the bone! The Bell farm belongs to the devil alone! [Guitar Solo] [Twin Lead - Screaming Heavy Metal Lead Guitar intertwined with Distorted Fiddle] [Chorus] [Explosive Final Chorus - Full Outlaw Country Metal Fusion] Oh, the Witch of the Red River is dragging us down! With a country drawl and an iron crown! Singing sweet like a hymnal, screaming hard like the grave, Ain't a preacher in Tennessee that John Bell can save! [Outro] [Slow Stomp & Acoustic Banjo Fading Out] [Whispered Southern Drawl] She said she'd come back in a hundred years... Listen close to the water... [Whispered Metal Raspy Voice] She never left. [Heavy Distorted Guitar Feedback Fade Out]
