Black Mill Road
from Detour by Mikey Mason
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A murder ballad, a fiction inspired by the name of a road near home.
lyrics
I'm headed down to Black Mill Road, 'cause they think that I don't know,
but when I find him with my baby... Lord, they're both gonna die.
I'm headed down past Mercy Creek, out to the woods where they been sneaking,
and when I find him with my baby... Lord, they're both gonna die.
I'll live my life on the run or else I'll die in the pen.
Hang twenty years on my head for each one of them.
'Cause I need some retribution you can't find within the law,
A deeper kind of justice held within us all.
I'm headed down to Black Mill Road, 'cause they think that I don't know,
but when I find him with my baby... Lord, they're both gonna die.
I'm headed down past Mercy Creek, out to the woods where they been sneaking,
and when I find him with my baby... Lord, they're both gonna die.
I feel the cold, steel barrel of my granddaddy's gun,
Handed down like a tradition, from a father to a son,
"Cause when he finally got wise and caught her foolin 'round,
It was this gun Granddaddy used to shoot my grandmama down.
I'm headed down to Black Mill Road, 'cause they think that I don't know,
but when I find him with my baby... Lord, they're both gonna die.
I'm headed down past Mercy Creek, out to the woods where they been sneaking,
and when I find him with my baby... Lord, they're both gonna die.
but when I find him with my baby... Lord, they're both gonna die.
I'm headed down past Mercy Creek, out to the woods where they been sneaking,
and when I find him with my baby... Lord, they're both gonna die.
I'll live my life on the run or else I'll die in the pen.
Hang twenty years on my head for each one of them.
'Cause I need some retribution you can't find within the law,
A deeper kind of justice held within us all.
I'm headed down to Black Mill Road, 'cause they think that I don't know,
but when I find him with my baby... Lord, they're both gonna die.
I'm headed down past Mercy Creek, out to the woods where they been sneaking,
and when I find him with my baby... Lord, they're both gonna die.
I feel the cold, steel barrel of my granddaddy's gun,
Handed down like a tradition, from a father to a son,
"Cause when he finally got wise and caught her foolin 'round,
It was this gun Granddaddy used to shoot my grandmama down.
I'm headed down to Black Mill Road, 'cause they think that I don't know,
but when I find him with my baby... Lord, they're both gonna die.
I'm headed down past Mercy Creek, out to the woods where they been sneaking,
and when I find him with my baby... Lord, they're both gonna die.
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from Detour,
released December 19, 2016
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Mikey Mason Indianapolis, Indiana
A nationally touring performer with hits like She Don’t Like Firefly, Best Game Ever, and Opposite of Cool, Mikey Mason is a ball of contagious enthusiasm who makes songs about role-playing games, video games, sci-fi, fantasy, cats, and the general experience of being a geek. He’s been heard on nerdist.com, SyFy, TheFuMP.com, and Dr. Demento, and is a truly must-see event each time he performs. ... more
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