Hell Hounds

There's not a man can help me
They only make it worse
Tried and tried for years on end to try to break this curse
This curse was cast upon me by a
Madman's dying breath
Feel his hands around my throat as he
Drags me to my death
And the devil sends the hell hounds for me boys
The devil sends the hell hounds for me

Hell hounds come a calling
They're howling at my door
I wish they'd come and claim me
I can't take this any more
Tonight I lay with a buxom whore
In a brothel drenched in beer
Only the dead will understand or really know my fear
They chase me through the dark streets
They're screaming out my name
The more I try to run away
The more it seems in vane
They chase me to the dark wood
Down by the riverside
And I wish they'd come and claim me
Cos forever I can't hide
And the devil sends the hell hounds for me boys
The devil sends the hell hounds for me

The hell hounds come a calling
When I'm lying in my bed
I try to cover up my ears but the howling's in my head
The devil's in the corner
He's laughing in my face
As they drag me screaming through the night
To my final resting place
They smash my head wide open
They rape and torture me
They put a rope around my neck
And hang me from a tree
They flog me with the nine tails
They hang me out to dry
So the crows can feed upon my bones
To make sure that I die
And the devil sends the hell hounds for me boys
The devil sends the hell hounds for me

They come to take me down
Take me down
Take me down
Well they come to take me down
Take me down
Take me down