[Verse 1: Garage-rock female lead, howled and belted, fast hard drums] Every Halloween in Mercer County someone dares to drive Mill Road There's a girl beyond the bridge who runs where all the tall corn grows If you floor it after midnight with your buddies laughin' loud She'll be loping at your taillights in a gray October shroud She got yellow eyes like headlights and she runs on hands and feet And the howl she lets out curls the paint right off your driver's seat [Pre-Chorus: Garage-rock female lead, belted, heavy bass] So the boys come back to town as white as paper, shakin' hard Swearin' on their mothers in the gas station yard [Chorus: Garage-rock female lead, huge belted chest voice, loud jagged guitars] Go on and cry wolf Tell the whole town what you saw Yellow eyes and a howl across the draw Go on and cry wolf Every mama laughs it off Go on and cry wolf, cry wolf [Verse 2: Garage-rock female lead, faster, loud jagged guitars] Now I run the only garage at the far end of Mill Road I rebuild your carburetor and I tow what needs a tow Twenty years ago the boys would race my road at three a.m. Took my mailbox, took my fence post, and I never got a dime from them So one night I wore my daddy's coat with all the fur turned out to air And I ran out on all fours with grease and burdock in my hair [Pre-Chorus: Garage-rock female lead, belted, heavy bass] So the boys come back to town as white as paper, shakin' hard Swearin' on their mothers in the gas station yard [Chorus: Garage-rock female lead, huge belted chest voice, loud jagged guitars] Go on and cry wolf Tell the whole town what you saw Yellow eyes and a howl across the draw Go on and cry wolf Every mama laughs it off Go on and cry wolf, cry wolf [Bridge: Garage-rock female lead, pick slide into her loudest howl, heavy bass] One howl and the brake lights shook Two howls and they never looked Three howls and the road went quiet Twenty years and nobody's tried it Monday mornin' they bring the truck to me Bent bumper, scratches, can't explain a thing I just smile and wipe my hands and write the bill Honey, sounds like somethin' big was out on Mill [Final Chorus: Garage-rock female lead, huge belted chest voice, loud jagged guitars] Go on and cry wolf Tell the whole town what you saw Yellow eyes and a howl across the draw Go on and cry wolf Every mama laughs it off Go on and cry wolf, cry wolf [Outro: Garage-rock female lead, howled, fast hard drums] Slow it down on Mill Road, honey, slow it down I'll be out there in the corn when you come around [End]
