Waits, Tom - Murder In The Red Barn Lyrics






There was a murder in the red barn
Murder in the red barn

The trees are bending over
The cows are lying down
The atumn's taking over
You can hear the buckshot hounds
The watchman said to Reba the loon
Was it pale at Manzanita
Or Blind Bob the raccoon?
Pin it on a drifter
They sleep beneath the bridge
One plays the violin
And sleeps inside a fridge
There was a murder in the red barn
A murder in the red barn

Someone's crying in the woods
Someone's burying all his clothes
Now Slam the Crank from Wheezer
Slept outside last night and froze
Road kill has its seasons
Just like anything
It's possums in the autumn
And it's farm cats in the spring
There was a murder in the red barn
A murder in the red barn

Now thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house
Or covet thy neighbor's wife
But for some
Murder is the only door through which they enter life

Now they surrounded the house
They smoke him out
They took him off in chains
The sky turned black and bruised
And we had months of heavy rains
Now the raven's nest in the rotted roof
Of Chenoweth's old place
And no one's asking Cal
About that scar upon his face
'Cause there's nothin' strange
About an axe with bloodstains in the barn

There's always some killin'
You got to do around the farm
A murder in the red barn
Murder in the red barn

Now the woods will never tell
What sleeps beneath the trees
Or what's buried 'neath a rock
Or hiding in the leaves
'Cause road kill has it's seasons
Just like anything
It's possums in the atumn
And it's farm cats in the spring
A murder in the red barn
A murder in the red barn

Now a lady can't do ntohin'
Without folks' tongues waggin'
Is this blood on the tree
Or is it autumn's red blaze
When the ground's soft for diggin'
And the rain will bring all this gloom
There's nothing wrong with a lady
Drinking alone in her room
But there was a murder in the red barn
A murder in the red barn





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  1. �.... �....

    отвратительная история)

  2. j.... s....

    Interesting fact this Inspired the haunt maze in knotts scary farm and is heard at the end of the maze!

  3. h.... w....

    first Tom Waits song I ever heard. was in high school, read a review of Bone Machine that said this song was like a Flannery O'Connor story set to hillbilly music. Oh hells yes I had to hear _that_...

  4. R.... S....

    Knott’s Scary Farm brought me here

  5. M.... l....

    Don't go into that barn.

  6. l.... ....

    I want to wash toms cup and make him a nice cup of tea.

  7. l.... b....

    Next person who picks on me for my love of TW gets the barn.

    l.... b....

    Get some red paint on your axe

  8. M.... L....

    I remember hearing this song at the 2007 middle school halloween event. When the halloween event was over and everyone was going home waiting to get picked up we heard this group of 5 girls singing the chorus of the song and believe me it was so creepy as hell listening to them sing! Me and my friends were too scared to go near them! lol!

  9. h.... ....

    I first heard this song inside a Halloween walkthrough maze (a slaughter farm) and at the end when I walk through this song started playing, I was intrigued to find out the real song

  10. s.... ....

    https://youtu.be/GFNXcFCN-EU

  11. D.... M....

    masterpiece

    D.... M....

    ur insane

  12. A.... B....

    This man is brilliant, Hope he puts out more albums soon.

  13. T.... L....

    I'm usually in a dark mood when I listen to this song. Maybe not dark, necessarily. Just cognizant of what we're up against in this life, and what we do to continue on. Scratching out an existence and adapting to strange and uncomfortable experiences. They become less uncomfortable the longer you go.

  14. t.... ....

    Dr. Peterson sent me here.

    t.... ....

    me too bud

  15. c.... ....

    I just can't get enough of that deranged banjo sound <3

    c.... ....

    Weirdly catchy.

  16. A.... M....

    such drumk

  17. S.... A....

    There's always some killin'
    You got to do around the farm
    A murder in the red barn
    Murder in the red barn

  18. W.... W....

    Based on a true story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Barn_Murder#Citations

  19. j.... ....

    Beautiful. the jams of John Steinbeck and Howlin' Wolf's bastard child

  20. A.... U....

    Con el diablo en una correa

  21. M.... L....

    SHIT THIS SONG

  22. L.... W....

    toffeee srumpy sunday sundaes mmmm hmmmm amazing tonal beauty! loves it!

  23. A.... S....

    Catchiness of this song is kinda funny. Imagine your 5 years old kid keeps singing this.

    A.... S....

    I don't have to imagine

  24. D.... S....

    Don't rake wet leaves.

  25. E.... a....

    My favorite Tom Waits song <3

  26. N.... C....

    This is the sort of song that you listen to at midnight with the devil at your side.

    N.... C....

    Isn't that almost every Tom Waits song? lmao

    N.... C....

    I don't know about the devil, but spirits for sure ;)

    N.... C....

    There ain't no devil, that's just god when he's drunk

    N.... C....

    Pretty damn close. 11:21 pm here in Los Angeles.

    N.... C....

    so love this comment

  27. s.... s....

    i love this peace- great

  28. E.... J....

    This song sounds like blood mixing with loamy soil. I like it.

  29. W.... L....

    stunning.