Blue Highway - Randall Hayes
There's a tragic tale they tell I remember oh so well
I'll take with me to my dyin' day
One dark November night down by the riverside
A lifeless body in a shallow grave
The sheriff took his shovel and dug up Randall Hayes
★ Verse 2 ★
Randall lived down the tracks in an old tarpaper shack
Less than a penny to his name
All the clothes that he wore were dirty, ragged, ripped and torn
How he survived it's hard to say
Life was hard for poor ol' Randall Hayes
★ Verse 3 ★
You'd see him on thе riverbank fishin' off a greenwood plank
With a heater linеd at the break of day
If you were passin' by, you didn't look him in the eye
You best stay out of his way
Nobody messed with Randall Hayes
★ Verse 4 ★
Willy was my brother's friend who lived down by the riverbend
He and Randall had a little fray
Randall pulled his fishin' knife, threatened Willy with his life
Left an ugly scar there on his face
Willy swore he'd get ol' Randall Hayes
★ Verse 5 ★
To this day, the tale they tell, one night as the shadows fell
Willy snuck down by the riverbank
Shot him with a thirty-two, pulled the body out of view
Didn't even try to run away
Still doin' time for killin' Randall Hayes
★ Outro ★
There's a tragic tale they tell I remember oh so well
I'll take with me to my dyin' day
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