Decoration Day Songtext
von Mike Cooley

It′s Decoration Day
And I have a mind to roll a stone on his grave
What would he say?
He'd say keeping me down, boy, won′t keep you away
It's Decoration Day
And I knew the hill boys that put him away
My daddy wasn't afraid
Said we′d fight ′til the last Lawson's the last living day

Well, I never knew how it all got started
A problem with Harlan before we were born
And I don′t know the name of the boy we tied down
And we beat 'til he just couldn′t walk anymore
But I know the caliber in Daddy's chest
I know what Harlan Hill drives
The state let him go, but I guess it was best
′Cause nobody needs all us Lawsons alive


My daddy said one of the boys would come by
The lumber man's favorite son
Said beat him real good, but don't dare let him die
And if you see Harlan Hill run

Well, I said they ain′t give us trouble before
And we ain′t brought down on ourselves
But a chain on my back, my ear to the floor
And I'll send all the hill boys to hell
I′ll send all the hill boys to hell

It's Decoration Day
And I got family in Mobile Bay
They ain′t never seen my daddy's grave
But that don′t bother me, it ain't marked anyway
'Cause I got dead brothers in Lauderdale South
And I got dead brothers in East Tennessee
My daddy got shot right in front of his house
He had no one to fall on but me

It′s Decoration Day
And I have a mind to go spit on his grave
If I had any hell, I′d have put him away
And I'd fight ′til the last Lawson's the last living day
I′d fight 'til the last Lawson′s the last living day
I'd fight 'til the last Lawson′s the last living day