Barton Hollow is the title track and the first single by The Civil Wars, from their first full-length studio album “Barton Hollow” (February 1, 2011). The album debuted at #1 on iTunes album sales chart and at #12 on the Billboard 200. As of January 2012, it has sold 270,197 copies in the US.
The “Barton Hollow” refers to the community of Barton, Alabama, a few miles down the road from John Paul White’s hometown of Muscle Shoals.
The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow LyricsI’m a dead man walking here
But that’s the least of all my fears
Ooh, underneath the water
It’s not Alabama clay
That gives my trembling hands away
Please forgive me father
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Ain’t going back to Barton Hollow
Devil gonna follow me e’er I go
Won’t do me no good washing in the river
Can’t no preacher man save my soul
Did that full moon force my hand?
Or that un marked hundred grand?
Ooh, underneath the water
Please forgive me father
Miles and miles in my bare feet
Still can’t lay me down to sleep
If I die before I wake
I know the Lord my soul won’t take
I’m a dead man walking
I’m a dead man walking
Keep walking and running and running for miles
Keep walking and running and running for miles
Keep walking and running and running for miles
Ain’t going back to Barton Hollow
Devil gonna follow me e’er I go
Won’t do me no good washing in the river
Can’t no preacher man save my soul
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