Lyrics
[Instrumental Intro Fast Fingerpicking on 1 string in Dick Dale style ]
[Verse 1]
Dust rolled in on a Tuesday
The horses quit their feed
Old man Hargrove barred the door
Said something's crossed the creek
I seen a fella walking
Stiff as a fence post in the heat
His eyes were milk and marrow
And his hands were not his own
[Pre-Chorus]
So we loaded up the rifles
And we prayed a crooked prayer
The sun come up like judgment
And the dead were everywhere
[Chorus]
They're coming down the canyon
The dead men and their kin
Coming down the canyon
Lord I don't know where to begin
We built this town on blood and bone
Now the bone is walking in
They're coming down the canyon
And the canyon's closing in
[Verse 2]
Saloon doors swung on nothing
The piano played itself
Miss Delia barred the staircase
With a shotgun off the shelf
She said I ain't dying twice boys
I already paid that debt
Then a shape come through the window
Wearing purple like a sunset
[Pre-Chorus]
And she moved like she was water
And she glowed like she was flame
Her hair was pink and fading
And she never spoke my name
[Chorus]
She's coming through the canyon
A dead girl in the light
Coming through the canyon
Half a ghost half dynamite
I built my heart on blood and bone
Now the bone is walking in
She's coming through the canyon
And the canyon's closing in
[Bridge]
Hold the line
Hold the line
The living and the lost
Hold the line
Hold the line
Whatever be the cost
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
They're coming down the canyon
The dead men and their kin
Coming down the canyon
Lord I don't know where to begin
We built this town on blood and bone
Now the bone is walking in
They're coming down the canyon
And the canyon's closing in
[Outro]
And the canyon's closing in
Mm-hmm
The canyon's closing in