I killed many men with the greatest of ease Forgive me, forgive me, I'm down on my knees I don't believe that there's a Heaven to go But I must get this evil out of my bones and my soul Wash the blood from my hands, but my mind can't get clean I must flush away what I've done, what I've seen Well I'll hide when I will, my lament it just grow My wife and my children, they don't have to know The fire and the fever I forever fight I must resist to dance in the devil's delight Now all I need is a damn way to cope There's no soap, no hope, no antidote Let the truth wash over me There's only one way to be free All I really ever need Jolene