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Tear a black tongue out by its roots
Feed it to the moss around the chicken coop
Sister come running to sound the alarm
There's Hell in the hen house and there's blood in the barn
Now a damn fox does what a damn fox does
Sneaking and a-stealing and a-looking for a buzz
The rooster is a devil with some talons and a comb
The sun comes up, it don't grow to moan
The fireworks started on the Fourth of July
You place your bets on which one dies
The fox is a killer, the fowl's a maniac
They favor small faces to Fleetwood Mac
Hey, hey, hey
Mama better let that gravy simmer
Daddy gonna be a little late for dinner
Feathers are flying around the farm
There's Hell in the hen house and there's blood in the barn
Now there's a shed out back where grandpa's been
He's waiting for the south to rise again
Don't light a match if you go inside
Smells like catacol and formaldehyde
He's been in this world for a pretty long time
He says two nickels ain't worth a dime
He's slow as molasses, he's wrinkled and mean
He don't like Yankees or lima beans
Well, a blackbird swiped him a pocket knife
He don't care much for the neighbor's wife
She called him a rube, a cracker and a menace
Worst he ever was, was a sedative dentist
Well, he fell in cahoots with a rock and roll band
He turned up drunk and tattooed in Japan
He couldn't commit wholly to the devil's side
His ink reads 6-6-5.9
Hey, hey, hey
Mama better let that gravy simmer
Daddy gonna be a little late for dinner
Feathers are flying around the farm
There's Hell in the hen house and there's blood in the barn
Well, now back to the rooster and the damned old fox
One of 'em's dead like a car on blocks
Grandpa's a-cussin', sister's 'bout to cry
The blackbird says he was baked in a pie
Yelling and a-squawking and a-screaming and a-bawling
The phone is a-ringing and the preacher's a-calling
I can't talk now, there's a ruckus at the gate
I guess salvation's gonna have to wait
Oh, mama better let that gravy simmer
Daddy gonna be a little late for dinner
Feathers are flying around the farm
There's Hell in the hen house and there's blood in the barn
Oh yeah, oh, there's Hell in the hen
House and there's blood in the barn
Oh, there's Hell in the hen house and there's blood in the barn