THE THING ON BLACKWATER ROAD

horror blues rock, psychedelic swamp blues, doom boogie

[Start]

[Intro]
There’s a road beyond the parish line
Where the cypress hides the moon
And every year when October dies
Something wakes beneath the gloom

[Verse 1]
My sister rode beside me
In my daddy’s Chevrolet
Twenty-three years since he vanished
On this very stretch of highway

An old black truck filled the mirror
Then disappeared beyond the hill
We found it by a broken church
With its engine standing still

[Pre-Chorus]
My sister whispered, “Keep on driving”
But something made me slow
Hanging from that crooked steeple
Was a coat I used to know

[Chorus]
Don’t stop on Blackwater Road
When the midnight winds blow cold
Thirteen bells from a broken tower
And something wakes below

Oh, Blackwater Road
Where the lost souls never go
When those thirteen bells start ringing
Keep your eyes upon the road

[Electric Guitar Solo]

[Verse 2]
I knew the tear beneath the collar
The patch above the sleeve
My sister whispered, “That’s Daddy’s coat”
Then something stirred beneath the eaves

The church bell rang without a rope
Dark wings unfolded overhead
And something wearing stolen faces
Crawled down among the dead

[Chorus]
Don’t stop on Blackwater Road
When the midnight winds blow cold
Thirteen bells from a broken tower
And something wakes below

Oh, Blackwater Road
Where the lost souls never go
When those thirteen bells start ringing
Keep your eyes upon the road

[Verse 3]
The creature landed by the truck
And I recognized his eyes
I heard my father’s voice beneath
That terrible disguise

“I tried to kill this evil thing
The night I disappeared
But every man who breaks its body
Must carry what he feared”

My sister grabbed his hanging coat
And found a letter sewn inside
“Don’t give the darkness another soul
Whatever happens, drive”

[Bridge]
I heard my father calling
As the creature spread its wings
But I took my sister’s hand
And left that cursed thing screaming

[Electric Guitar Solo]

[Verse 4]
We crossed the county line at dawn
With sunlight on the glass
My sister found a blackened feather
Where our father’s coat had passed

She asked if Daddy might be living
Somewhere beneath that skin
I watched the road behind us
And prayed we’d never come again

[Final Chorus]
Don’t stop on Blackwater Road
When the midnight winds blow cold
Thirteen bells from a broken tower
And something wakes below

Oh, Blackwater Road
Where the lost souls never go
We heard those thirteen bells ringing
And we made it down the road

[Outro]
They found that black truck at dawn
Its engine cold, its driver gone
But farther down Blackwater Road
Another pair of headlights glowed

[Hard Stop]
[End]

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THE THING ON BLACKWATER ROAD [Start] [Intro] There’s a road beyond the parish line Where the cypress hides the moon And every year when October dies Something wakes beneath the gloom [Verse 1] My sister rode beside me In my daddy’s Chevrolet Twenty-three years since he vanished On this very stretch of highway An old black truck filled the mirror Then disappeared beyond the hill We found it by a broken church With its engine standing still [Pre-Chorus] My sister whispered, “Keep on driving” But something made me slow Hanging from that crooked steeple Was a coat I used to know [Chorus] Don’t stop on Blackwater Road When the midnight winds blow cold Thirteen bells from a broken tower And something wakes below Oh, Blackwater Road Where the lost souls never go When those thirteen bells start ringing Keep your eyes upon the road [Electric Guitar Solo] [Verse 2] I knew the tear beneath the collar The patch above the sleeve My sister whispered, “That’s Daddy’s coat” Then something stirred beneath the eaves The church bell rang without a rope Dark wings unfolded overhead And something wearing stolen faces Crawled down among the dead [Chorus] Don’t stop on Blackwater Road When the midnight winds blow cold Thirteen bells from a broken tower And something wakes below Oh, Blackwater Road Where the lost souls never go When those thirteen bells start ringing Keep your eyes upon the road [Verse 3] The creature landed by the truck And I recognized his eyes I heard my father’s voice beneath That terrible disguise “I tried to kill this evil thing The night I disappeared But every man who breaks its body Must carry what he feared” My sister grabbed his hanging coat And found a letter sewn inside “Don’t give the darkness another soul Whatever happens, drive” [Bridge] I heard my father calling As the creature spread its wings But I took my sister’s hand And left that cursed thing screaming [Electric Guitar Solo] [Verse 4] We crossed the county line at dawn With sunlight on the glass My sister found a blackened feather Where our father’s coat had passed She asked if Daddy might be living Somewhere beneath that skin I watched the road behind us And prayed we’d never come again [Final Chorus] Don’t stop on Blackwater Road When the midnight winds blow cold Thirteen bells from a broken tower And something wakes below Oh, Blackwater Road Where the lost souls never go We heard those thirteen bells ringing And we made it down the road [Outro] They found that black truck at dawn Its engine cold, its driver gone But farther down Blackwater Road Another pair of headlights glowed [Hard Stop] [End]

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