[00:00.411]Valley of Death -Blitzen Trapper [00:01.151]Written by :Eric Earley [00:03.31]I know what it means to get knocked down drunk [00:05.540]I was lying in a bush by the coal [00:08.280]Where the river runs deep [00:09.739]And the demons don't sleep [00:10.899]And the water's obscured by the smoke [00:13.729]Well I drug myself to the river's edge [00:16.319]And I drank like a dog on the sand [00:19.59]It burned my tongue [00:20.339]My whole head gets spun [00:21.919]And I stood on the stone [00:23.159]And spoke to the wind and the rain [00:29.939]Said I know what it means to get left for dead [00:32.659]When the saints rise up at the sound [00:35.429]When the spirits don't move in [00:36.969]Their chains and the shoes [00:38.118]And the crack of the guns all around [00:41.118]I know how it is to get all dressed up [00:43.838]Where nobody would know where to go [00:46.358]With a fifth in your vest [00:47.698]And some pills on your tongue [00:49.118]And a gun looking out across [00:50.728]The valley of the shadow below oh [01:13.691]Well I preached to the bums [01:14.981]And I preached to the birds [01:16.331]Til the crowd had started to form [01:19.151]My disciples that came [01:20.411]Through the wind and the rain [01:21.761]And the rags in their jackets all torn [01:24.601]Well I prophesized of the things to come [01:27.130]And I jumped like a bug on a wall [01:29.990]Til my head it was through [01:31.290]With the river's strange brew [01:32.590]And I sunk to my knees in the breeze [01:34.760]And I started to pray [01:36.680]I said hey [01:38.80]You know I ain't got a dang thing to say [01:40.980]With a head full of booze and nothing to loose [01:43.499]For a creature was made out of clay hey [01:57.213]Said I know what it means to get left for dead [01:59.982]When the saints rise up at the sound [02:02.702]When the spirits don't move in [02:04.262]Their chains and the shoes [02:05.372]And the crack of the guns all around [02:08.232]I know how it is to get all dressed up [02:11.181]Where nobody would know where to go [02:13.600]With a fifth in your vest [02:14.940]And some pills on your tongue [02:16.380]And a gun looking out across [02:17.990]The valley of the shadow below oh