No strangers in this town, nobody moves without making a sound
You live and die within the borders and the lines
No one dies without paying their fines
verse 2
No lovers in this town, the moon's full but it sure ain't round
And just because you lie in his bed
Don't mean he meant the things he said
They marry young in these parts, they work the factories
I ran as fast as I could, through the tall grass and the midnight woods
So no one would sing some bible song over me
verse 3
My cousin died in his sleep, forty pills, two kids to keep
And how will she explain to those kids
About the sorry thing daddy did
They marry young in these parts, they raise their kids and set them free
I ran as fast as I could, through the tall grass and the midnight woods
So no one would sing some bible song over me
Bridge
They buried him out in the cold, he was only twenty-four years old
How his mother came undone, when the choir sang hallelujah
Tag
I ran as fast as I could, through the tall grass and the midnight woods
I ran as fast as I could, through the tall grass and the midnight woods
Outro
Hallelujah Hallelujah ? ahh, Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah
Hallelujah hallelujah, Hallelujah
