Miss Katie

Miss Katie had an awful birth
That came out sideways with one tooth
And Uncle Barney had no skin
He fell into the cotton gin

Miss Katie's dad was a mountain man
He kept his teeth in a coffee can
And grandpa was a drunken soul
He drank moonshine from a copper bowl

And no one knows that would ever tell
Moon shines in the wishing well

Miss Katie married a mighty man
He held a chainsaw in one hand
She ran like hell into the corn
With a babe no more than three days old

And no one knows that would ever tell
Moon shines in the wishing well

Barney roams the mansion hall
With a rope that he bought at the Dollar Store
It was a quiet night when he heard the rain
Knocking at the window pane

One day Miss Katie's dad was gone
They found his clothes down by the pond

And no one knows that would ever tell
Moon shines in the wishing well

But she was all alone when she felt the snow
Knocking at the attic door

Well, she hung herself in the mansion hall
With the rope that got from her old grandpa

Miss Katie had an awful birth
That came out sideways with one tooth
Well, she ran in the moonlight through the corn
With a babe no more than three days old

And no one knows that would ever tell
Moon shines in the wishing well

And Uncle Barney had no skin
When he came out of the cotton gin
And then he tripped on a cat and he broke his ass
And he crawled to the phone through the broken glass – he was mad!

And no one knows that would ever tell
Moon shines in the wishing well

Well, if you want to know the story's end
I guess you'll just have to pretend
‘Cause I ain't gonna tell you any more
‘Cause Uncle Barney's at the door – and he's mad!