Miss Katie - Midnight

miss katie had an awful birth

it came out sideways with one tooth

and uncle barney had no skin

he fell into the cotton gin

miss katie’s dad was a modern man

he kept his teeth in a coffee can

and grandpa was a drunken soul

he drank moonshine from a copper bowl

no one knows that would ever tell

moon shines in the wishing well

miss katie married a mighty man

he held a chainsaw in one hand

she ran like hell into the corn

with the babe no more than three days old

barney roams the mansion hall

with the rope that he bought at the dollar store

it was a quiet night when he heard the rain

knocking at the windowpane

one day miss katie’s dad was gone

they found his clothes down by the pond

but she was all alone when she felt the snow

knocking at the attic door

well she hung herself in the mansion hall

with the rope that she got from her old grandpa

miss katie had an awful birth

it came out sideways with one tooth

she ran in the moonlight through the corn

with the babe no more than three days old

and uncle barney had no skin

when he came out of the cotton gin

and then he tripped on a can and then he broke his arse

and he crawled to the phone through the broken glass

he was mad

well if you want to know the story’s end

i guess you’ll just have to pretend

'cause i ain’t going to tell you any more

'cause uncle barney’s at the door

and he’s mad