Big Walker Mountain

from On the Trail (EP) by Dave LaBoone

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Way up on Walker Mountain, boys, there’s a man who’s got a still
Better bring your shiny nickels if you wanna get your fill
Don’t try to play him for a fool; he don’t care who you are
You’ll pay before you take a drink or you won’t have none at all

Drink it down, Big Walker Mountain
Though you know you may never leave
Drink it down, Big Walker Mountain
Let the moonshine bring you to your knees

They tell the tale of the hunters who once stumbled on that site
They drank up every jug around and threw away their lives
Old Man Walker found them there passed out on the floor
He didn’t bother takin’ names, just shot his forty-four

Drink it down, Big Walker Mountain
Though you know you may never leave
Drink it down, Big Walker Mountain
Let the moonshine bring you to your knees

I’m goin’ on up to the mountaintop to have me a little taste
And if I find that magic still my life will go to waste
Cause once you start it’s impossible to get back in control
Your life don’t mean a damn no more when the liquor takes its hold

Drink it down, Big Walker Mountain
Yes, I know I may never leave
Take me in, Big Walker Mountain
Let the moonshine bring me to my knees

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from On the Trail (EP), released December 28, 2020

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Dave LaBoone Columbia, South Carolina

musician, father, teacher, songwriter, tongue cancer survivor

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