Legend Of Everett Sykes

In the flatlands of texas where the dust swirls like devils
 There's a town with a curse where the river runs dry
 They call it hallow's end on a faded map
 And that's where it all began
 They say he was a soldier turned preacher in a storm
 The wind and rain beat down while anger took its form
 At the back of the house where the fields grew of corn
 They say he killed his sister whose son was stillborn
 Chorus:
 Listen to the rattle that comes with the night
 When you see the shadows fading you better pray for the light
 Listen to the crackle when the flames burn too long
 Everything you covet has a heavy price
 So says the legend of everett sykes
 To cleanse himself of sin he turned to brimstone and fire
 A confederate of angels overcome with desire
 And people that knew him said that when he spoke of hell
 You could almost see a sickening light inside his mortal shell
 Even his wife he burned in the living flesh
 Cuz a witches' tongue can rattle with things best left dead
 So every night he prayed at a black and bottomless hole
 Where lucifer was cast on his one way trip below
 Paying a penance for the things that he'd done
 Cuz down the hole he cast the severed head of his own son