The Woodshed - Murder By Death

He went out to the woodshed

To find a log or two to split

It was five below and in the moonlit snow

He followed my footprints

When he cracked the door something was out of place

And the woodshed wasn’t the same

I lay inside on a bed of straw

And when he looked at me he could taste the shame

I said, «I didn’t mean no harm, mister

Just needed someplace to lay my head

If you gimme a minute to gather my things

I’ll be happy to find some other place instead»

And as I looked at him, he looked at me

Invited me inside, gave me somethin' to eat

He said, «A man is just a man

No matter how much dough he’s got in his hands

You got to take a stand

Help your fellow man

You got to help out when you can»

Later I went down to the courthouse

To settle money that I owed

There was a woman lyin' in the grass

Wearin' rags for clothes

She slept beneath the city’s Christmas tree

Sheltered by its boughs

And I’ll be damned if she belongs there

Shakin' in the cold

She said, «Can you fetch me some water, mister?»

That’s all she asked

«Something to warm me up

Something that’ll last»

You got to take that cup, fill it up

It warms your soul when you fill that hole

Yeah, take that cup and fill it up

Bring kindness wherever you go

Yeah, you got to take that cup and fill it up

Bring kindness wherever you go

Yeah, take that cup and fill it up

Bring kindness wherever you go

Yeah, take that cup and fill it up

Bring kindness wherever you go