Feet hit the ground feet leavin' town
quicker than a bullet or a knife
Fallin' ain't no fun when you're on the run
honey we was running for our life
When Stagger Lee had drunk
his fill of moonlight
He turned his burning eyes upon my soul
It's time my God to spend this night
with someone else he said
Squeeze a little pleasure from
the gold love and glory
We can take it easy when we're old
He said we'll take us into
town lay our money down
I'll bring you to the sweetest
thing that grows
Because the fairest ones in sight
are bloomin' every night
At a tavern called the Sabre
and the Rose
We swang into the saddle
sick as breathing
And slapped 'em once
for pleasure with the reins
The horses snorted frosty in
the moonlight
Somethin' dark was singing in my veins older
than the voices in my brain
He said this place you're gonna see
is why they live and breathe
And sink down a little bit deeper everyday
And sometimes at night
when the wind is running right
You can hear it suckin' thirty miles away
Then the light was crimson and I found her all
naked and eternal and insane
Secred as the mysteries around her like a veil
nothin' but her prison was profane
All we had in common was our chains
Oh burn it down boys burn it to
the ground boys burn it on down
Feet hit the ground feet leavin' town
quicker than a bullet or a knife
All there was she ran holdin' to my
hand runnin' for the river and our life
Slidin' from the moonlight into
shadows silent as the river as it flows
Swimmin' to the place they'll never find
us all we left behind us was our clothes
And the stories children sing about
the Sabre and the Rose