โหลดเพลง mp3 The Sky Above, The Mud Below - Tom Russell

The Sky Above, The Mud Below - Tom Russell/Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Two men rode in from the south a rainy autumn night

The sky above and the mud below

They walked into the deacon's bar they were mexican by sight
The sky above and the mud below

They threw a horse hair bridle down we trade this for whiskey round
The deacon slams a bottle down two men start to drinkin'

Their hair was long and black tied up behind their ears
The sky above and the mud below

Their faces were identical like one man beside a mirror
The sky above and the mud below

Then someone whispers that beats all their wanted poster's on the wall
Twin brothers name of sandoval horse thieves from boquillas

Now the bridle and the belts they wore were braided gray and black
The sky above and the mud below

The color of a roan horse once belonged to deacon black
The sky above and the mud below

The fastest horse for miles around he'd been stolen from the old fairgrounds

A month ago outside of town we tracked but never found him

Now the deacon was a preacher who had fallen hard from grace
The sky above and the mud below

He owned the bar and a string of quarter horses that he'd race
The sky above and the mud below

Yet deacon he could drink and curse though he still quoted sacred verse
He was sheriff judge he owned the hearse a man you do not anger

The sky above the mud below the wind and rain the sleet and snow
Two horse thieves from mexico drinkin' hard and singin'

One brother he spoke english deacon inquires as to their work

The sky above and the mud below

The man says mister we braid horsehair bridles ropes and quirts
The sky above and the mud below

Yah that fine bridle we did make a roan horse
Killed by leg bone break
He's horsehair rope now horse meat steak we cleaned him to the bone

Well these gentlemen they were ignorant or didn't know just where they were
The sky above and the mud below

The deacon's face grew darker as he measured every word
The sky above and the mud below

You horsehair braidin' sons of b**ches stole my claim to earthly riches

Someone go and dig a ditch there may well be a hangin'

One brother reached inside his shirt a searching for his gun
The sky above and the mud below

Too late for deak had whipped around his sawed off remington

The sky above and the mud below

The twins they raised their hands and sneered deak was grinnin' ear to ear
He says courts in session hear ye hear yer's truly is presidin'

Well the trial commenced and ended quick they didn't have a hope
The sky above and the mud below

Deak says we'll cut your hair now boys
Then you can braid yourselves a rope
The sky above and the mud below

The old testament it says somewhere 'eye for eye and hair for hair
Covet not thy neighbor's mare' I believe that's revelations

Now that fancy horsehair bridle it hangs on deacon's wall
The sky above and the mud below

Next to that wanted poster of the brothers sandoval

The sky above and the mud below

And the twisted rope so shiny black the artifact that broke their necks
Their craftmanship he did respect they shoulda struck to braidin'

The sky above the mud below the wind and rain the sleet and snow
The deacon's hearse is rollin' slow in the first blue light of morning