Decoration Day Songtext
von Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

It′s decoration day
I have a mind to roll a stone on his grave
What would he say?
He'd say, "Keeping me down, boy, won′t keep you away"

It's decoration day
And I knew the Hill Boys would put him away
My daddy wasn't afraid
Said, "We′d fight ′til the last Lawson's last living day"

Well, I never knew how it all got started
Problem with Holland before we were born
And I don′t know the name of the boy we tied down
And we beat 'til he just couldn′t walk anymore

But I know the caliber in daddy's chest
And I know what Holland Hill drives
The state let him go, so I guess it was best
′Cause nobody needs all us Lawson's alive


My daddy said one of the boys would come by
The lumber man's favorite son
Said, "Beat him real good but don′t dare let him die
And if you see Holland Hill run"

Well, I said, "They ain′t given us trouble before
We ain't brought down on ourselves"
But a chain on my back, my ear to the floor
And I′ll send all the Hill Boys to hell
I'll send all the Hill Boys to hell

It′s decoration day
I got a family in Mobile Bay
They ain't never seen my daddy′s grave
That don't bother me, it ain't marked anyway

′Cause I got dead brothers in Lauderdale South
And I got dead brothers in East Tennessee
My daddy got shot right in front of his house
He had no one to fall on but me

It′s decoration day
I have a mind to go spit on his grave
If I'm in the hill, I′d have put him away
And I'd fight ′til the last Lawson's last living day
I′d fight 'til the last Lawson's last living day
I′d fight ′til the last Lawson's last living day


Thank you so much