Walker's Woods Lyrics - Ed Bruce

I stole her from Emmett Fry, and now what's done is done. 

Like any man I'm afraid to die, but I'm hurt too bad to run. 

I ran with her to Walker's Woods with him close on my heels; 

I knew he'd kill to get her back, and I know just how he feels. 

Oh, the sun never shines in Walker's Woods; 

I doubt if it would want to come in even if it could, 

'Cause the gators and the cottonmouths, the sand that pulls you down 

Makes Walker's Woods a haven for the damned. 

By the quicksand over there my dream came to an end: 

She said it was a big mistake, that she'd return to him, 

So I gave her to the hungry sands, now all I loved is dead-- 

And all that's left is the scarlet rag that she wore upon her head. 

Oh, the sun never shines in Walker's Woods; 

I doubt if it would want to come in even it could, 

'Cause the gators and the cottonmouths,the sand that pulls you down 

Makes Walker's Woods a haven for the damned. 

I've no regrets; I loved her; five more minutes I'll be free-- 

I'd have made it if that cottonmouth hadn't made his strike at me. 

But I have to laugh when I think how mad old Emmett's going to be 

When he finds out he never got to take one shot at me. 

Oh, the sun never shines in Walker's Woods; 

I doubt if it would want to come in even if it could, 

'Cause the gators and the cottonmouths, the sand that pulls you down 

Makes Walker's Woods a haven for the damned.