Wolf Pen Mountain

[Verse]
Walton Grundy lived in a cabin way back on Wolf Pen mountain 
If anyone happened to stumble upon him he’d commence to shoutin’ 
This here’s my land so you better just go on back from where you’re from
Or the last thing that you’ll see on this earth is the bullet from my gun
Now people in town they’d say ol’ Grundy had gone off the deep end
And one cold moonlit December night he’d murdered all of his kin
They said he’d chopped them all up and cooked ‘em in big ol’ pot of stew
Some folks said it was just a story and some folks swore it was true

[Verse]
I’d heard the legend of ol’ Walton Grundy ever since I was just a kid
So one cold moonlit December night I climbed up there and I hid
I saw ol’ Grundy sittin’ on his porch in the pale moonlight’s glow 
Then from somewhere in his cabin I heard moans beginning to grow
As they got louder and stronger Grundy stood up and started to laugh 
Then he looked right at me and I thought that I would face his wrath
With the moonlight shining on his face his skin seemed to shimmer
He said now boy don’t you try and run off I’d love to have you for dinner

[Chorus]
Wolf Pen mountain isn’t a place that you should ever be
If you go up there you just may see what you shouldn’t see
Walton Grundy might be waiting on you with a gleam in his eye
His shimmering face the last thing you see right before you die
Just stay away from Wolf Pen mountain anyway that you can
Because what lives up there in that cabin sure ain’t no man
They say Wolf Pen mountain is haunted and you best believe it’s true
If you go up there you better be ready to give the Devil his due
[Guitar Solo]

[Verse]
The moans got louder and louder and then the screams began to rise
I turned to try and run but there was Grundy looking right into my eyes
I opened my mouth to try and scream but all I heard was his laughter
I thought that even if I could get away he’d still get what he was after 
Then I saw a group of spirits flying through the door of Grundy’s shack
They floated across the ground and came up right behind his back
They grabbed a hold of Grundy and dragged him through his cabin door
He was screaming as they did it but once inside he screamed no more

[Guitar Solo]

[Bridge]
That was 15 years ago
That I went to Grundy’s shack 
I swore to myself a hundred times 
That I’d never go back 
Sometimes I still here his crazy laugh 
On those cold December nights 
And occasionally I see him
Standing in the moonlight 

[Chorus]
Wolf Pen mountain isn’t a place that you should ever be
If you go up there you just may see what you shouldn’t see
Walton Grundy might be waiting on you with a gleam in his eye
His shimmering face the last thing you see right before you die
Just stay away from Wolf Pen mountain anyway that you can
Because what lives up there in that cabin sure ain’t no man
They say Wolf Pen mountain is haunted and you best believe it’s true
If you go up there you better be ready to give the Devil his due

[Outro]

male vocal in a southern rock style with harmonies on the chorus