[Verse 1] Down by the culvert gate Mud on my Sunday boots You came skippin' through the grass With a jar of honeysuckle juice Moon hung like a bent-up spoon Over the hogwire fence You laughed when the screen door banged And the creek kept track of us [Chorus] Runoff, runoff Take me down slow Runoff, runoff Where the cold weeds grow Runoff, runoff You're a sweet little fright Runoff, runoff Stay all night (stay all night) [Verse 2] Grandma's radio hissed low From the porch by the ashwood chair You drew a face in the fogged-up glass Then vanished in the stair I heard your boots on the tin roof I heard your laugh in the corn The whole back forty felt brand new Like a spell that had been born [Chorus] Runoff, runoff Take me down slow Runoff, runoff Where the cold weeds grow Runoff, runoff You're a sweet little fright Runoff, runoff Stay all night (stay all night) [Verse 3] There was a jar of minnows gone And my cap by the creek A barefoot print in the silo dust That never matched my feet You left peach skin on the splitter board And a note in a mason jar Said "meet me where the ditch turns black Past the dog and the broken car" [Chorus] Runoff, runoff Take me down slow Runoff, runoff Where the cold weeds grow Runoff, runoff You're a sweet little fright Runoff, runoff Stay all night (stay all night) [Verse 4] So I went where the willows lean And the cattails bowed like saints You were there in a red raincoat With a grin full of restraint We danced in the sinkhole light Till the sky turned milk-and-blue Even the frogs went quiet When you said, "I picked you" [Chorus] Runoff, runoff Take me down slow Runoff, runoff Where the cold weeds grow Runoff, runoff You're a sweet little fright Runoff, runoff Stay all night (stay all night) [Bridge] If the map gets soaked and torn If the road forgets my name I'll follow that crooked waterline Right into your frame Let the old dogs bark Let the timbers moan If you're the shape in the riverbend Then I'm already home [Final Chorus] Runoff, runoff Take me down slow Runoff, runoff Where the cold weeds grow Runoff, runoff You're a sweet little fright Runoff, runoff Stay all night (stay all night) Runoff, runoff I know your trail Runoff, runoff In the river's veil Runoff, runoff You're my good-luck ghost Runoff, runoff You're the one I chose (stay all night)
