Storms are on the hill, always think of Jacob Always seemed to say the wrong thing at the right time But now he's long gone and so are my chances Of hearing any good news coming through this time Mary was a sweetheart, Mary got married To an Illinois farmer whose name was Paul They never had much, but they always had something Something's always better than nothing at all Black wolf is running out through the trees Red eyes on fire, hungry and hard Lord, won't you save us from the evil in the world Keep that old black wolf out of my yard Lived on a dirt road, never got longer Now the one I'm on is paved and never ends When I meet a stranger, there's nothing stranger Feeling that I'm meeting them all over again Storm's getting closer, man outside of town Says he's from the book of prophecy and life And the people run to him cause they need something holy But faith and prayers only bait his appetite Black wolf's got a taste for your blood now Red eyes on fire, hungry and hard Lord, won't you save us from the evil in the world Keep that old black wolf out of my yard Lord, won't you save us from the evil in the world