Lay my body down By the shallows of the creek You can lay my body down Lay me in your reach And when my body's down We'll steal the thunder from the rain And when my body's down We'll shake the dirt right from the pain I was going nowhere Nowhere very fast Threw my poison out the window But it came blowin' back Out along the highway Right through the night of crime Somewhere in the darkness Your hope shined Whisper wisdom's words You can whisper wisdom's lies But all of wisdom's words Never helped me to survive Days of all my arrogance When you were not afraid Threw my paycheck out the window You threw it all away Walked the devil's highway Across the county line Somewhere in the darkness Your hope shined Your hope shined, your hope shined X2 Walked the devil's highway, across the county line But your hope shined, your hope shined First light in the mornin', right through the night of crime Your hope shined, your hope shined Lay my body down By the shallows of the creek