Ballad of the Blanton Brothers

Let me tell you 'bout the Blanton brothers Startin' off with the oldest one Goes by Deuce but his real name's Amos Nickname came with a couple guns Percy's the scorn of the family Middle brother mischief tendency Depending on Deuce as the oldest brother To clean up the mess he makes of things Well Percy really done and did it this time With a little help of amphetamines Burnt down a house in Frisco City Thought it was abandoned killin' Mr. Lower's family Ain't nothing but some hell bound heathens Curse coming from a cast off line Ain't really got a rhyme or reason To run down the name of their daddy's vine Now, Mr. Lower is the Sherriff in Frisco Got a tip who'd done the deed He ain't waiting on a judge and Jury Got a judge sitting in the passenger seat That brings us to the youngest brother The only one Blanton with his head screwed on Christian bout to die for Percy's sin Staring down the barrel side of Mr. Lower's 3-0-1 Ain't nothing but some hell bound heathens Curse coming from a cast off line Ain't really got a rhyme or reason To run down the name of their daddy's vine Deuce found Christian down in Hunter's Run Bleeding out told him what was done Ever helped a brother while you watched him die? Cost of cold killing's an eye for an eye Fore time for fire and no time for pity Mr. Lower's waiting down in Frisco City Aiming down a drive with a house burned down Deuce slinging gravel so he wraps around Drops down steady only got one shot Rimfire bullet to the engine block Deuce only let loose a round or two Nickname's a name and the name held true He dropped like a hammer and died like a dog Mr. Lower's body in the back of a squad car Back to town to go get the shovels To go dig a hole with your no-good brother cause Ain't nothing but some hell bound heathens Curse coming from a cast off line Ain't really got a rhyme or reason To run down the name of their daddy's vine Ain't nothing but some hell bound heathens Curse coming from a cast off line Ain't really got a rhyme or reason To run down the name of their daddy's vine Paranoid and scared to death Percy's at the house still high on meth Squad car pulls in the dead of night Points a double barrel through the broken blinds Pulls the trigger thinking Lower's done Didn't know it was Deuce when he fired that gun