In the Branches - The Builders and the Butchers

They left angels singing in the branches of a burning tree

Said it was all a game

And your daddy got bent and twisted in the bed that he made

You’ll end up the same

You went down, down, down

You went down, down, down in the sugar and the corn

You went down, down, down

You went down, down, down where the fire is born

Old men living on cheap cigarettes, cherry pie and apple wine

He died in the house where his daddy died

You died in the house where your daddy died

The AM crackin'

The comin' storms, the economy and crime

The brave rain man that swelled up tight

The green man doing time with signs

They left angels singing in the branches of a burning tree

Said it was all a game and your daddy got bent and twisted in the bed that he

made

You’ll end up the same

You went down, down, down (down down down)

You went down, down, down in the sugar and the corn

You’re goin' down, down, down (down down down)

You’re goin' down, down, down where the fire is born

Down, down, down (down down down)

You’re goin' down, down, down in the sugar and the corn

Down, down, down (down down down)

You’re goin' down, down, down where the fire is born

An eye for an eye to fight fire with fire

It was hard to take sides

We were all burnin' alive

And my branches are waitin' for you like arms

My branches are waitin' for you

And my branches are waitin' for you like arms

My branches are waitin' for you

Does the night time hold you tight?

Is your heart like a pound of steel?

Will the darkness kill the light

Closer to the bottom of a turnin'

Does the night time hold you tight?

Is your heart like a pound of steel?

Will the darkness kill the light

Closer to the bottom of a turnin'

Down, down, down (down down down)

You’re goin' down, down, down in the sugar and the corn

Down, down, down (down down down)

You’re goin' down, down, down where the fire is born

Down, down, down (down down down)

You’re goin' down, down, down in the sugar and the corn

Down, down, down (down down down)

You’re goin' down, down, down where the fire is born

And my branches are waitin' for you like arms

My branches are waitin' for you

And my branches are waitin' for you like arms

My branches are waitin' for you

And my branches are waitin' for you like arms

My branches are waitin' for you

And my branches are waitin' for you like arms

My branches are waitin' for you