Crooked Road & The Briar Lyrics - Singles - Calexico

Down the crooked road a ways 

A child's shadow hiding in the briar 

Tending to a twisted heart that's bent and broken 

Wounded and abandoned left amongst the rotted root to rot 

Moon, crimson moon 

Rose marie's walking down the crooked road a ways 

All aglow, her fair white skin 

Portrait of beauty, angel to many 

Hears the hush crying from the briar 

Reaches in her hand to see what's the matter 

And is dragged through the darkness 

Beneath the lonely cypress 

The town's beloved daughter 

Carried to her death in the turbid waters 

And set afloat downstream 

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Whole town erupts, bursts into flame 

Parties go a-searching down the crooked road a ways 

Find old rufus there drunk and asleep 

Fishing by the water must have killed our beloved daughter 

Can't hold back these waves of anger 

Tie a rope around his neck 

See if he still hollers 

Another innocent soul hangs over the briar 

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