Blockader's Prayer

Might you tender me some mercy Might you harbor me some grace May we beat the devil swiftly May we sail from this place To that Paradise in Glory Where the mountains smoke at morning Where the river runs forever And the whiskey shines like gold It was once upon a harvest moon Dogs were on her trail Running through the pines and rain A cheated lover's tale Two bodies stone cold silent Lay witness to the void Delivered to the darkness Something deep destroyed She was born in East Kentucky In a haunted, cruel farmhouse She learned sin from watching daddy And hunger thereabouts She left home wide-eyed and bitter Went chasing silver tongues Led by stars, fueled by fire Estranged and young War taught him desperation Guilt gripped hold his soul He came back missing something Itching to be whole He spent two years on the needle And another on road Met men of sin and wisdom Who promised him some dough She married for convenience Grateful to be gone He married her for beauty Something he could own All the gold and silver tarnished In mansions of despair They both were missing something You could feel it in the air On a cold night in September The river nearly flood On her waist she bloused a pistol In her heart there beat cold blood He heard the door kick open Reached quick to grab his gun She emptied out the chamber Whispered softly, "It is done"