Steve Earle — Taneytown

[Chorus] I went down to Taneytown I went down to Taneytown To see what I could see [Verse 1] My mama told me never go I'm damn near 22 years old Sometimes I fear this holler swallow me She ran off to Gettysburg Went off with that new beau of hers I snuck off after dark It's a long way down the county road The stars were bright and the moon was low Down to where the blacktop highway starts [Chorus] I went down to Taneytown I went down to Taneytown I went down to see what I could see [Verse 2] Now everybody stared at me You'd think that they ain't never seen A colored boy before Well, they chunked at me and they called me names They'd have whipped me sure, but the sheriff came I slipped off, ran through the dry goods store I ran down Division Street Some of them boys followed me Down to the railroad track There was four of them and I can't fight But I got my old Randall knife I cut that boy and I never did look back [Chorus] I went down to Taneytown I went down to Taneytown I went down to see what I could see [Verse 3] Across the fields and woods, I run Like a bullet from a rabbit gun Back home to my bed Now Ma came in from Gettysburg ? that new beau of hers "Boy, you look like hell," is all she said A month went by without a word Somebody down the holler heard About that boy they hung He begged those men to spare his life But I dropped my bloody Randall knife He picked it up, so they thought he was the one [Chorus] I went down to Taneytown I went down to Taneytown I ain't going back there anymore