Decoration Day (Live)

It's Decoration Day

And I've a mind to roll a stone on his grave

And what would he say?

He'd say, "Keepin' me down, boy, won't keep you away"

It's Decoration Day

I knew the Hill boys would put him away

But my Daddy wasn't afraid

Said we'd fight 'til the last Lawson's last living day

But I never knew how it all got started

Problem with Hollan before we were born

And I don't know the name of the boy we tied down

And beat 'til he just couldn't walk anymore

But I know the caliber in Daddy's chest

I know what Hollan Hill drives

The state let him go, but I guess it was best

'Cause nobody needs all the Lawsons alive

Daddy said onе of the boys had come by

The lumbеrman's favorite son

He said, "Beat him real good, but don't dare let him die

And if you see Hollan Hill, run"

Well I said, "They ain't give us trouble before

That we ain't brought down on ourselves"

But a chain on my back and my ear to the floor

And I'll send all the Hill boys to Hell

I'll send all the Hill boys to Hell

Decoration Day

And I've a mind to go spit on his grave

And I got a family in Mobile Bay

Don't bother me, it ain't marked anyway

'Cause I got dead brothers in Lauderdale South

And I got dead brothers in East Tennessee

My daddy got shot right in front of his house

He had no one to fall on but me

It's Decoration Day

And I've a mind to go spit on his grave

If I'd been a Hill I'd have put him away

And I'd fight 'til the last Lawson's last living day

I'd fight 'til the last Lawson's last living day

I'd fight 'til the last Lawson's last living day