Child of Calamity
[Intro]
Whoo-ee! I'm the original iron-jawed, brass-mounted, copper-bellied Corpse Maker from the Wilds of Arkansas
Bow your necks and spread for the pet Child of Calamity is coming
(Ha, two, three, four!)
[Verse 1]
Hey Mister! Is that all you're gonna pour?
I thought you said that we were drinking
We don't count the shots, we count the barrels
There's a light, I hear it don't go out sometimes it gets to blinking
Directly, it'll spark and pop out farewells
I think I see a flicker in your light - we're gonna fight!
The smell of weakness gets my hammer nailing
I'm bad when I feel good, but I'm meaner when I'm ailing:
[Chorus]
So bow down, the Child of Calamity is coming
Dared the Devil, proud to say I took it on the jaw
Bow down, the Child of Calamity is coming
I'm the Mighty Widow Maker from the Wild of Arkansas
[Verse 2]
And as a boy, I found a nest of vipers
And I slumbered there amongst them
And I dreamed of all the men I'd slaughter
When I woke, I ate up all the snakes for I found myself a-hungered
With a whoop!, I took their blood for water
You'll know me by the mark upon my head - the one in red
I wore it since the day I killed my brother
I got a razor in one hand, I got a pistol in the other
[Chorus]
So bow down, the Child of Calamity is coming
Dared the Devil, proud to say I took it on the jaw
Bow down, the Child of Calamity is coming
I'm the Mighty Widow Maker from the Wild of Arkansas
[Verse 3]
Hey Mister, stand back and give me room
Can't you see I'm getting started?
I just fought a train and I won by knockout
People, bow your necks and spread, you are tomorrow's dear departed
Come the Judgement - whoo-dog! - you're Heaven's lockouts
Hard for you to know just how I feel - my steaming steel
Silver-smok'd with bloody execution
Some folks will call it madness, but I call it retribution
[Chorus]
So bow down, the Child of Calamity is coming
Dared the Devil, proud to say I took it on the jaw
Bow down, the Child of Calamity is coming
I'm the Mighty Widow Maker from the Wild of Arkansas