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benihana kenobi - appalachian hills lyrics

[intro/verse 1 – beni-hana]
once upon a time, in the
mountains of blue from the
land of the sky ran the
fountain of youth into a
brook in the meadow where the water was tainted
and beni-hana brewed up moonshine and bottles for drinkin’
now knowledge is sacred
see there’s a method to the madness
there’s a recipe for remedy and
legends in the backwoods from the
black hoods to the white trash trailer parks
there’s demons in this season
there’s a reason it ain’t safe at dark
graves unmarked
towns cursed and abandoned
every state prison packed
and every church is a mansion
world of murder and handguns, cops and the k!llers
headlines: triple homicides, bodies in rivers
prophets for dealers
posted blowin’ kush off merrimon
government prescription pills got kids hooked on heroin
in the clinic line
where drug war vets live and die
it’s a self genocide
and god’s people at the end of time
it’s appalachia

[chorus – beni-hana and driftwood fires]
[driftwood fires]
i grew up in the appalachian hills
i grew up in the appalachian hills
this land has got some shallow graves, deep divides, subtle shades
i grew up in the appalachian hills [beni-hana]
lost soul in the land of the sky

wicked west caroline

dig it! ohhhh dig it!

[verse 2 – beni-hana]
yo track my prints up through the appalachian hills
the north side of asheville
deep off in that cackalack
back up on that path
where the mountain trails span
mississippi to the catsk!lls
littered with straps, pills, crystal kitchens and crack sales it’s
black as h-ll soon as my eyes open
back alive trying to cope with my dreams
loathin’ to die hopeless time goes on
i’m unfamiliar in the riverbend
wrinkled up reflection gettin’ bitter in the winter wind
it gets cold
when the harvest diet ends get low
have you starvin’ ‘til your ribcage shows
i lost my family and friends
but i’ll be d-mned if my sanity is damaged again
guess my heart was just set on expansion
had to hike the mountain’s peaks to know the depths of the canyons
the highest of highs, with the lowest of lows
what broken homes cold shoulders ‘til you froze to the bone

wicked west caroline

dig it! ohhhh dig it!

[verse 3]
yo track my prints up to buzzard’s rock
where suicides catch the sun
drop a juggernaut
lovers rot
swingin’ from the double knot
southern cross burnin’
sweet tea on the rum and rocks
can see from here to tennessee that blue ridge summit top
i bust that lock up off that gate to the holler
show you where i found god and lost faith in my father
where snake charmers dance with death to the fiddles and banjos
this is no man’s land; you can’t tell me where i can’t go
it gets cold
when them poachers wanna steal your soul
they say they love you but you just don’t know
i’m dropping cobras from the treetops
quick to spot a rat and rip a wolf up off the sheep’s cloth
green moss on the pine, i kept it northside
court-side weaver park
posted with my boys i
say your prayer
and thank the lord i’m alive
cause it’s survival of the fit only the strong survive
in appalachia

[chorus/fade out – beni-hana and driftwood fires]
[driftwood fires]
i grew up in the appalachian hills
i grew up in the appalachian hills
i grew up in the appalachian hills [beni-hana]
lost soul in the land of the sky

wicked west caroline

dig it! ohhhh dig it!

- benihana kenobi lyrics

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