Midnight

Don't alter my altar 
  don't desecrate my shrine 
  My church is the water 
  and my home is underneath the shady pines 
  Don't underestimate the spine in a poor man's back 
  when it's against the wall and his future's black 

  One man's story is another man's shame 
  I ain't bound for glory, I'm bound for flames 
  Take to the woods boy, and cover up your tracks 
  Go away child and don't look back 

  Sad is the lullaby from a mother's heart and soul 
  when she knows her child has strayed from the foal 
  The parish will perish 
  by death's cruel hand 
  and finish the job that fate began 
  All that static in the attic, 
  that's just an old drunk ghost 
  His chains are rattlin' but his end is close 
  Ain't no hell below and ain't no heaven above 
  I came for the drinks but I stayed for the love