Banded Clovis

[Verse 1]

Tina Nolan had a man with a good place for siftin’

He invited me diggin’, so I picked up my screen

And a shovel to dig and a jar of shine

He traded me fair for a bottle of wine

His brother’s Barnes Mountain wine

[Verse 2]

We trudged through the snow straight up the hillside

Took a ridge for a while, then we slowly went down

To an overhang hid from the ridgeline

We bent o'er our handles and we bit in the ground

The dark and bloody ground

[Verse 3]

Was a bitch to break ground but the wine kept us goin'

The moonshine was flowin' and keepin' us warm

'Cause you can’t hold a girl with a fistful of shovel

Got to find your fire in the company of corn

[Verse 4]

We dug for a while then it all turned to ashes

Found a bunch of broke flint and a few bits of bone

Then I heard Jesse yell o'er the pile he was siftin’

Shook the hills like the angels were callin’ us home

Jesse, Zachary come home

[Verse 5]

It was banded as hell, it was fluted and clovis

It was hot as the pistol I kept on my side

I was fiendin’ so fierce, I was broke ass and busted

I pulled out my pistol and I took Jesse’s life

[Verse 6]

A clovis like that is a hard point to find

Makes pills swift to come by with a good chunk of change

Left over for burn on whatever meanness

Whatever woman is comin' my way

Darlin' come my way

[Verse 7]

I sit in this cell for the banded clovis

I stole off of Nolan when I killed'm that day

I reckon the chase of the pills and the powder

Corn liquor and women are the culprits to blame