Don't go down to the quarry in the middle of the night   'Cause you'll never come back, you'll never be right   We lost Maggie there just last spring   And Big Ben Johnson, he couldn't do a thing      Big Ben Johnson made a bet with Mad Man Mike   That he could cross the quarry in the middle of the night   Now he got there, 'bout halfway across   He started sinking down in the red clay moss      Nearby standin' on the tracks where the trains used to come   Was Mad Man Mike, beatin' on his drum   Laughin' out loud, eyes rollin' in his head   Standin' on the tracks in the Lucifer's stead      With a long red cape and fire in his eyes   He lifted up his hands to the midnight skies   And the thunder start to roll and the lightenin' flashed wild   And Big Ben Johnson start a cryin' like a child      Don't go down to the quarry, don't, don't go down   Don't go down to the quarry, don't, don't go down   Don't go down to the quarry, don't, don't go down   Down, down, down, down      Then the earth gave a shudder, the quarry start to split   Screamin' down went Johnson into the fiery pit   With a laugh that shivered the center of the bone   And Mad Man Mike just standin' there alone      He's callin' all the people, to take their turn   And and fall into the pit and eternally burn   Down, down, don't , don't go down   Down, down, down, down      Well Lucifer's caught on the railroad track   He's howlin' at the moon 'cause he can't come back   In the evenin' while we're sittin' there in front of the fire   We laugh at old Lucifer before we retire      Don't go down to the quarry in the middle of the night   'Cause you'll never come back, you'll never be right   We lost Maggie there just last spring   And Big Ben Johnson, he couldn't do a thing      Don't go down to the quarry, don't, don't go down   Don't go down to the quarry, don't, don't go down   Don't go down to the quarry, don't, don't go down   Down, down, down, down      Don't go down to the quarry, don't, don't go down   Don't go down to the quarry, don't, don't go down   Don't go down to the quarry, don't, don't go down   Down, down, down, down, down      Don't go down to the quarry, don't, don't go down   Don't go down to the quarry, don't, don't go down   Don't go down to the quarry, don't, don't go down   Down, down, down, down, down