Down In The Gulley Lyrics - Brent Cobb

Verse 1 

Well my granddaddy was a good man 

No matter what the papers say 

He worked 'til he bled for everything he had 

Brought us up to do the same 

One afternoon in June 

They had us workin' just like a couple mules 

My cousin and me were twenty feet deep 

And covered in red mud clay 

Verse 2 

Well we ran pipe from the creek bed 

Through the woods to the old grey shack 

It was worth the trouble to work them shovels 

For granddaddy's sour mash stash 

All the weeds and pecan trees hid a secret 

We all swore to keep 

Well my granddaddy knew what the law would do 

If they ever come snoopin' 'round back 

Chorus 

Lord I'm down in the gulley 

Where the creek is high 

Lord I'm down in the gulley 

Where only the moon shines 

Verse 3 

Without money you can't buy nothin' 

And nothin' is a damned ol' shame 

When you're in the hole 

You'd sell your soul for runnin' water instead of rain 

Well the hills were filled with the smell of cash 

Cookin' in the copper still 

Everybody knew where they get their brew 

And that made our family name 

Chorus 

Lord I'm down in the gulley 

Where the creek is high 

Lord I'm down in the gulley 

Where only the moon shines 

Verse 4 

Well years and laws passed by 

They couldn't keep the county dry 

One night, the sheriff went to lookin' 

For the man who was cookin' that bootleg moonshine 

Well he called the press 

And he brought his best to tear our old shack down 

But when they went for the stash my granddaddy laughed 

For the shack was a pump house 

Chorus 

Lord I'm down in the gulley 

Where the creek is high 

Lord I'm down in the gulley 

Where only the moon shines 

It was down in the gulley 

Where the creek is high 

Lord I'm down in the gulley 

Where only the moon shines 

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