Cheakamus Joe Lyrics - Singles - Paisley Brain Cells

He was born in the middle of a raging storm 

They held him by the fire just to keep him warm 

The Cheakamus wind was driving through the snow 

So his daddy said we'll call this boy "Cheakamus Joe" 

He grew up in the forest with no shoes on his feet 

The meanest little kid that you'd ever meet 

The only friend he had was a black-eyed crow 

But everybody knew about Cheakamus Joe 

He wrestled to the ground a grizzly bear 

Chewed of its head and shaved off its hair 

He took the skin to town and he put it on show 

And the legend was started 'bout Cheakamus Joe 

Every so often he'd come into town 

Raise a lot of hell and then he'd be gone 

People always asked me "Hey where does he go" 

I said "You better not mess with Cheakamus Joe" 

One day a man went missing named Cheekye Jim 

They found his body torn apart from limb to limb 

They dragged me into court and said "Hey what do you know?" 

I said "I think somebody fucked with Cheakamus Joe" 

The mounties hunted Joe for nearly a year 

But he slipped away every time that they drew near 

They caught him in a canyon where the wind don't blow 

And that's where they hung poor Cheakamus Joe 

So when you hear it, and you don't know 

You hear the wind but the wind don't blow 

And when the wind blows and it moves your soul 

You're listening to the voice of Cheakamus Joe