Hoodoo Everything

Hoodoo Everything

The man he come with royal gun;
he hold it to my head.
He say you beg for one more dreg
or face my deadly dread.
He say you take the poison snake,
he say you eat the pig.
He say you trade your plow for spade,
and in my boneyard dig.

My woman she look up to me;
she say the baby dead.
She say the cow be empty now,
and all the hens they fled.
She say the corn of husk be shorn,
she say the locust sing.
She say the rat and feral cat
done eaten everything.

The man he come before the sun,
he come beneath the moon.
He say you pray for what I say,
or you be buried soon.
He say you sick with politic,
but you be healthy when
you drink my wine of columbine,
and taste the blood of men.

My woman cry and wonder why
life murder and deceit.
She say the end shall surely send
my god into retreat.
She say the man do what he can
to make the devil king.
He wave his hand and curse the land
and hoodoo everything.