Put me in a hole in the ground   With the money and the town   And the women all runnin' around      Can't complain about the mess   Momma killed her only dress   Now she's longin' for the pines      Watch my troubles all unwind   Drinkin' gasoline and wine   Catch a chill off the stove      On the train they cannot feel   Lost my head beneath the wheel   Now she steals my body home      The trees are fake, the air is dead   The birds are stuffed with poison lead   And the ground is much too clean      And if it's only me who's scared   Strap me into the electric chairs   Ring the moon like a broken bell      When she drags you from the hill   Daddy's gonna burn down the still   We can watch it from the rooftop      Lay into the fryin' pan   Now she kisses her own hand   With the fiddle on the fire      I took a leap into the fog   Sleepin' on a hollow log   Now I'm coughin' with no mouth      You can keep yourself inside   But you know you cannot hide   When the devil's your only friend