The Match

[Verse 1]

He'd been thrown out the front door

Hit the ground hard

Now he knelt in the gravel lot

Just outside the bar

He heard the sound of her hooves

Between the cars

A pure white doe at the edge of the woods

Watching him in the dark

When he looked up, she bolted

She ran down the hill

He chased after her through the old cedar trees

Was not sure if she’s real

[Chorus]

It's whiskey and religion

It's guilty as a dog

It’s thе wolves outside your kitchen

It's thе fuse and the cannonball

It's the match, knocks down your wall

[Verse 2]

At the edge of a lake

The white deer was suddenly gone

Just the moon on the hills

A dream all along

But then he heard crying

Turned his head to see

A beautiful girl in a white gown

She told him that she'd lost her ring

In the lake she pointed

He waded out and dove in

Dove down three times, third time came up

With the ring in his hand

[Chorus]

It's whiskey and religion

It's guilty as a dog

It's the wolves outside your kitchen

It's the fuse and the cannonball

It’s the match knocks down your wall

[Bridge]

He collapsed on the shore

He was no longer young

The witch took the ring and laughed over him said

"My friend you are done

I’m the bringer of pain

For the wrongs you have done"

He was too weak, he could not move

And again, she was gone

[Chorus]

It's whiskey and religion

It’s guilty as a dog

It's the wolves outside your kitchen

It's the fuse and the cannonball

It's the match knocks down your wall

[Outro]

He awoke the next morning

Stood up on the rocks

Looked at his hands they were young again

He climbed the hill back to his truck