Carolina Drama Lyrics - Consolers Of The Lonely - Raconteurs

I'm not sure if there's a point to this story 

But I'm going to tell it again 

So many other people try to tell the tale 

Not one of them knows the end 

It was a junk-house in South Carolina 

Held a boy the age of ten 

Along with his older brother Billy 

And their mother and her boyfriend 

Who was a triple loser with some blue tattoos 

That were given to him when he was young 

And a drunk temper that was easy to lose 

And thank God he didn't own a gun 

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Well, Billy woke up in the back of his truck 

Took a minute to open his eyes 

He took a peep into the back of the house 

And found himself a big surprise 

He didn't see his brother, but there was his mother 

With her red-headed head in her hands 

While the boyfriend had his gloves wrapped around an old priest 

Trying to choke the man 

Ahhh... 

Billy looked up from the window to the truck 

Threw up, and had to struggle to stand 

He saw that rednecked bastard with a hammer 

Turn the priest into a shell of a man 

The priest was putting up the fight of his life 

But he was old and he was bound to lose 

The boyfriend hit as hard as he could 

And knocked the priest right down to his shoes 

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Well, now Billy knew but never actually met 

The preacher lying there in the room 

He heard himself say, "That must be my daddy!" 

Then he knew what he was gonna do 

Billy got up enough courage to get up 

And grabbed the first blunt thing he could find 

It was a cold, glass bottle of milk 

That got delivered every morning at nine 

Ahhh... 

Billy broke in and saw the blood on the floor, and 

He turned around and put the lock on the door 

He looked dead into the boyfriend's eye 

His mother was a ghost, too upset to cry, then 

He took a step toward the man on the ground 

From his mouth trickled out a little audible sound 

He heard the boyfriend shout, "Get out!" 

And Billy said, "Not 'til I know what this is all about!" 

"Well, this preacher here was attacking your mama" 

But Billy knew just who was starting the drama 

So Billy took dead aim at his face 

And smashed the bottle on the man who left his dad in disgrace, and 

The white milk dripped down with the blood, and the 

Boyfriend fell down dead for good 

Right next to the preacher who was gasping for air 

And Billy shouted, "Daddy, why'd you have to come back here?" 

His mama reached behind the sugar and honey, and 

Pulled out an envelope filled with money 

"Your daddy gave us this," she collapsed in tears 

"He's been paying all the bills for years!" 

"Mama, let's put this body underneath the trees 

and put Daddy in the truck and head to Tennessee!" 

Just then, his little brother came in 

Holding the milkman's hat and a bottle of gin, singing 

La la la la, la la la la, yeah... 

La la la, la la la... 

Well now you heard another side to the story 

But you wanna know how it ends? 

If you must know the truth about the tale 

Go and ask the milkman.