When the Moon Moves the Waters by The Pine Box Boys Lyrics
[Verse 1]
When the sun is bright and warm you might perceive my form and it'll make you shutter
But you're like to conclude that I'm a fool and I'm as lazy as a river
But the sun is setting soon and it'll be time for the moon to move the waters
One look into my eyes and a wise man would lock up his daughters
And I've seen into the hearts of all the men and these parts, and they are yeller
And I swear by my beard that I'm the man that you all feared and I'm a killer
[Verse 2]
Some killings, never solved, did revolve around Mobile, Alabama
And others followed too, a trail that vipered through into Louisiana
But every single one was a lot of fun, as best as I remember
I can see it in my dreams, the ones that didn't scream were the first ones I dismembered
But the instant of the kill lost its thrill and I could no longer bother
And on the surface I am still, but I will kill when the moon moves the waters
[Bridge]
I've traveled all around South with secrets in my mouth
I come and take away your lives, and rob you of your wives
I'll whisper secrets into her ear until I let her go
And watch her sink into the stinking Gulf of Mexico
[Verse 3]
When I was very young, I spoke in tongues and I slept out in the rain
And though my family won't admit it, I was committed to a home for the insane
Somewhere in time and space I'll have to face those who fell to my fury
As you can clearly tell, I'm bound for Hell, but that don't make me worried
Yeah, 'cause I'm from Arkansas, and my pa says that Hell ain't much hotter
Everything is fine until the next time the moon moves the waters
When the sun is bright and warm you might perceive my form and it'll make you shutter
But you're like to conclude that I'm a fool and I'm as lazy as a river
But the sun is setting soon and it'll be time for the moon to move the waters
One look into my eyes and a wise man would lock up his daughters
And I've seen into the hearts of all the men and these parts, and they are yeller
And I swear by my beard that I'm the man that you all feared and I'm a killer
[Verse 2]
Some killings, never solved, did revolve around Mobile, Alabama
And others followed too, a trail that vipered through into Louisiana
But every single one was a lot of fun, as best as I remember
I can see it in my dreams, the ones that didn't scream were the first ones I dismembered
But the instant of the kill lost its thrill and I could no longer bother
And on the surface I am still, but I will kill when the moon moves the waters
[Bridge]
I've traveled all around South with secrets in my mouth
I come and take away your lives, and rob you of your wives
I'll whisper secrets into her ear until I let her go
And watch her sink into the stinking Gulf of Mexico
[Verse 3]
When I was very young, I spoke in tongues and I slept out in the rain
And though my family won't admit it, I was committed to a home for the insane
Somewhere in time and space I'll have to face those who fell to my fury
As you can clearly tell, I'm bound for Hell, but that don't make me worried
Yeah, 'cause I'm from Arkansas, and my pa says that Hell ain't much hotter
Everything is fine until the next time the moon moves the waters