There's cryin' in the kitchen
There's runnin' in the hall
Daddy's Winchester wouldn't hangin' on the wall
And it didn't seem like Christmas very much at all
Mama sent me to choppin' wood before the snow
She said daddy's gone to Richmond and that all you need to know
I said I wanna know why Carla's got that blood on her clothes
Carla came home middle of the night
Sunglasses on and tears in her eyes
Carla came home tonight just for Christmas time
Well, Carla met tom walker
Daddy said he ain't no count
He'd grab his gun and go huntin'
And shed bring him to the house
Now something tells me tom walker is out of the picture now
They quit searchin' for my brother in law
Gave him a week and then they called in the dogs
Well there wont nobody miss him except maybe his ma
