Crimson and Clay

[Verse 1] I had it with me everywhere I've been Red clay under my nails, deep crimson on my skin You could strip me of everything I own And just leave me with the memories of my Alabama home [Chorus] I guess the highway didn't kill me after all But I thought I was a goner in that trailer fire in Arkansas But I just let her burn and walked away And crawled back to the crimson and the clay [Verse 2] I got a little bolt action for my 9th birthday And I can flip a silver dollar from a hundred yards away A 1911 under my floor mat Then one day it just occurred to me, I got no use for that [Chorus] Guess the city didn't kill me after all The thing that nearly took me out was loneliness and alcohol And I just put it down and walked away And crawled back to the crimson and the clay [Verse 3] See the moon in the morning, I anticipate the night Licked the spoon in the kitchen, we prayed to Martha White Little noose in a locker, brown eyes crying in the hall Rebel flags on the highway, wooden crosses on the wall [Chorus] Guess the small town didn't suit me after all There's still so many lonely kids surrounded by the rest of y'all And I can't seem to keep myself away So I head back to the crimson and the clay