Gravel Road Tonight

Verse 1

The corn stalks lean like crooked men

A scarecrow grins with a borrowed jaw

Somewhere a hound won't stop its howl

And the porch light flickers off

Pre-Chorus

Mama locked the cellar door

Said don't you answer if it knocks

Said don't you answer if it knocks

Chorus

It's coming down the gravel road tonight

With hollow eyes and a hollow name

It's coming down the gravel road tonight

And it knows my face

It knows my face

Verse 2

I carved a grin in a pumpkin head

Set it burning on the fence post nail

But the flame went blue and the candle died

And I heard my own voice call

Pre-Chorus

Daddy took the shotgun down

Said don't you open if it calls

Said don't you open if it calls

Chorus

It's coming down the gravel road tonight

With hollow eyes and a hollow name

It's coming down the gravel road tonight

And it knows my face

It knows my face

Bridge

Swing low the gate

Swing low the gate

Count every mile

Count every mile

Till the rooster breaks the spell

Chorus

It's coming down the gravel road tonight

With hollow eyes and a hollow name

It's coming down the gravel road tonight

And it knows my face

It knows my face

Outro

Don't you answer if it knocks

Don't you answer if it knocks