The Hunting Song

Lyrics:

• when I was a boy, at the cold blue lake
• my daddy pulled out a fish
• I watched it flop and shake
• started slowin down, til it barely moved
• I stood ten feet back and stared
• til it was through


• I felt it way down inside
• I felt it way down inside


• shook a pheasant from a tree
• when I saw that bird come out
• I knew the time had come for me
• she started movin for the clear blue sky
• I aimed quick, let the bullet fly
• I saw it goin right at her, pass her by
• as I watched bird fly away
• I dropped my gun and cried


• I felt it way down inside
• I felt it way down inside


• we got a deer laid him in his tracks
• about fifteen mile from the hunting shack
• when we walked up, he was still alive
• I had to cut his throat with my grandfather’s knife
• I slit his belly, his gentle form
• had to reach my hand inside
• it was soft and warm
• I pulled out his heart, took a bite
• as it went down my throat
• I felt that animal fight


• I felt it way down inside
• I felt it way down inside


• NOTE: also known as From Good Homes - "Way Down Inside"