Scarlet Town
Gillian Welch"Scarlet Town" is a song by Gillian Welch, released in 2011 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:03 long and contains 40 lines and 228 words.
Lyrics
0:12Buddy I went down to Scarlet Town
0:14Ain't never been there before
0:17Well you slept on a feather bed
0:21I slept on the floor
0:23Now I don't mind a little town
0:26Or drinking my coffee cold
0:29But the things I seen in Scarlet Town
0:32Did mortify my soul
0:35Well look at that deep well
0:38Look at that dark grave
0:41Ringing that iron bell
0:44In Scarlet Town today
0:58Now I spent some time in New Orleans
1:01And in Cairo on a bend
1:03But Scarlet Town brought me down
1:07Low as I ever been
1:09Ahh look at that deep well
1:12Look at that dark grave
1:16Ringing that iron bell
1:18In Scarlet Town today
1:44On the day I came to Scarlet Town
1:47You promised I'd be your bride
1:50But you left me here to rot away
1:52Like holly on a mountainside
1:55Ahh look at that deep well
1:58Look at that dark grave
2:01Ringing that iron bell
2:04In Scarlet Town today
2:30Now you may hide in Scarlet Town
2:33For a hundred years or more
2:36But the man who knows what time it is
2:39Is knocking at the door
2:42So fare you well my own true love
2:45If you ever see me around
2:48I'll be looking through a telescope
2:50From hell to Scarlet Town
2:54Now look at that deep well
2:57Look at that dark grave
3:00Ringing that iron bell
3:03In Scarlet Town today
Buddy I went down to Scarlet Town Ain't never been there before Well you slept on a feather bed I slept on the floor Now I don't mind a little town Or drinking my coffee cold But the things I seen in Scarlet Town Did mortify my soul Well look at that deep well Look at that dark grave Ringing that iron bell In Scarlet Town today Now I spent some time in New Orleans And in Cairo on a bend But Scarlet Town brought me down Low as I ever been Ahh look at that deep well Look at that dark grave Ringing that iron bell In Scarlet Town today On the day I came to Scarlet Town You promised I'd be your bride But you left me here to rot away Like holly on a mountainside Ahh look at that deep well Look at that dark grave Ringing that iron bell In Scarlet Town today Now you may hide in Scarlet Town For a hundred years or more But the man who knows what time it is Is knocking at the door So fare you well my own true love If you ever see me around I'll be looking through a telescope From hell to Scarlet Town Now look at that deep well Look at that dark grave Ringing that iron bell In Scarlet Town today
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