Cabin Among the Trees
All across the mountainside, darkness is rolling in
Storm clouds are gathering, the rain is on the wind
And I'm so far away from home, family and my kin
I'll knock upon some stranger's door, won't you let me in
Let me in
Well, the dogs are barking and the wind is blowing
As I walk across the porch
But this is not a friendly face, peers out from the door
It's weather-beaten, cracked with age
Saying, what you come here for
Don't be a fool, I'm warning you
Go away from my door
Chorus:
It all comes back like yesterday
As I'm longing to be free
I took his life that fateful night
And that's what's haunting me
All I wanted was a warm, dry place
To get in from the cold
Now all I got are these cold steel bars
And the truth that ain't been told
I told him I was only looking for a place to spend the night
When, behind him, I could see the scene I'll remember all my life
A couple lay upon the floor, was a bloody sight
He smiled at me so frightfully as he pulled his Bowie knife
A Bowie knife
Young man, he says, you'll have to die
So the truth you'll never tell
In a bloody fight to save my life, sent that man to hell
But, the judge and the jury won't believe a wanderer like me
And I curse the rain that drove me in
To the cabin among the trees
Among the trees
Chorus:
It all comes back like yesterday
As I'm longing to be free
I took his life that fateful night
And that's what's haunting me
I'm the one that's tried and sent
For the murder of those three
I'll swing from the gallows today at dawn
Then I'll be set free
Jeff White: The White Album