40 Miles of Mountain Road - LYRICS

40 Miles of Mountain Road

Words by: Mikel Kinney

Music by: Kevn Kinney

I walked forty miles of mountain road

with a worn out wheel and a low down load

I broke down I'd be there still

but I had enough speed to make it over the hill

I crossed the ridge over the top

Seen a two log bridge with no time to stop

I can't turn close

I can't turn wide

So I left my body on the other side

I walked forty miles of red hot clay

seen Diablo along the way

Diggin' a grave with a pick and a shovel

I said " I got no sympathy for you devil!"

I drink my liquor from an old fruit jar

I made a banjo from a old ham can

Goin' straight to hell as fast as I can

I'd rather be a possum that a po' whiteman

I walked forty miles to the old crossroads

Tried to buy back my soul

Bet it all on just one roll

Seen a pair of snake eyes lookin' cold

When you lose it's only fair

The lord don't hear no gambler's prayer

Go tell it on the mountain now have you heard

Hell broke loose devil's outta work

I walked throught the cactus to find a rose

For my baby sweet and cold

Six foot down and on her way

To meet St. Peter at the gates....

I walked forty miles of mountain road

to sooth my temper

sooth my soul

Forty miles of mountain road