Cursed Neck -

I used to be a preacher, walked the higher ground

Fire was my sermon, brimstone was abound

My congregation feared me as feared the Lord Himself

I was a man of power, I was a man of wealth

But I had a weakness, I broke a deadly sin

The fourth of seven big ones, her name was Sally Lynn

Ol' Sally had a husband, an influential man

She loved him for his money and Sally had a plan

I heard the demons beckon, I saw that evil grin

I looked the devil in the eye, he whispered Sally Lynn

He filled my heart with lust and before I could object

Sent me to that riverbank to find that curs’d neck

I swear I was a Christian, I swear I lived the word

Til' Sally came a-callin', then faith became absurd

Ol' Sally said she’ll love me in ways I’d never know

But first she needed help, her husband had to go

Well I didn’t wanna do it, I knew it wasn’t right

But Sally was convincin' as she held me through the night

I woke up in the mornin', troubled from the start

I went out searchin' for him with murder in my heart

I heard the demons beckon, I saw that evil grin

I looked the devil in the eye, he whispered Sally Lynn

He filled my heart with lust and before I could object

Sent me to that riverbank to find that curs’d neck

Found him by the river where I’d baptised him before

Grabbed him by his curs’d neck then left him by the shore

Ran back home to Sally to prove the deed was done

But she was with another man and this man had a gun

Ol' Sally called the sheriff right after I had gone

She played a dirty game, she used me as her pawn

I didn’t get a trial or a moment to reflect

They took me to the cypress tree and cursed my wounded neck

I heard the demons beckon, I saw that evil grin

I looked the devil in the eye, he whispered Sally Lynn

He filled my heart with lust and before I could object

Sent me to that riverbank to find that curs’d neck