There was a murder in the red barn 

Murder in the red barn 



The trees are bending over 

The cows are lying down 

The autumn's taking over 

You can hear the buckshot hounds 

The watchman said to Reba the loon 

Was it pale at Manzanita 

Was it Blind Bob the coon? 

Pin it on a drifter 

They sleep beneath the bridge 

One plays the violin 

And sleeps inside a fridge 

There was a murder in the red barn 

A murder in the red barn 



Someone's crying in the woods 

Someone's burying all his clothes 

Now Slam the Crank from Wheezer 

Slept outside last night and froze 

Road kill has its seasons 

Just like anything 

There's possums in the autumn 

And there's farm cats in the spring 

There was a murder in the red barn 

A murder in the red barn 



Now thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house 

Or covet thy neighbor's wife 

But for some murder is the only door 

Through which they enter life 



Now they surrounded the house 

They smoked him out and

Took him off in chains 

The sky turned black and bruised 

And we had months of heavy rains 

Now the ravens nest in the rotted roof 

Of Chenoweth's old place 

And no one's asking Cal 

About that scar upon his face 

'Cause there's nothin' strange 

About an axe with bloodstains in the barn

There's always some killin' 

You got to do around the farm 

A murder in the red barn 

Murder in the red barn 



Now the woods will never tell 

What sleeps beneath the trees 

Or what's buried 'neath a rock 

Or hiding in the leaves 

'Cause road kill has its seasons 

Just like anything 

It's possums in the autumn 

And it's farm cats in the spring 

A murder in the red barn 

A murder in the red barn 



Now a lady can't do nothin' 

Without folks' tongues waggin' 

Is that blood on the tree 

Or is it autumn's red blaze 

When the ground's soft for diggin' 

And the rain will bring all this gloom 

There's nothing wrong with a lady 

Drinkin' alone in her room 

But there was a murder in the red barn 

A murder in the red barn 



There was a murder in the red barn

A murder in the red barn



There was a murder in the red barn

A murder in the red barn