Hillbilly Jim started way back &
Now bones fill his closet to the brim
With angels wings outstretch a devil’s hand
His melodic words draw you in
He couldn’t hold a job as well as the axe in his hands
His toll tonight will bring the hitchhikers end
Was time ever gonna catch-up on him
His devil eyes & the demons within
Each day he tries to hide the grin
We know he is dry of guilt yet soaked in sin
His prey in sight the devil grips his axe again
His toll tonight will be the hitchhikers head
So you better run for your lives
Devils in the woods again
Run for your life the devil has his axe in hand
Is always up to no good,
he is the devil in the woods.
Is always up to no good
he’s the devil in the woods.
(The devil in the woods) -back-up vocals till end
It seems that you did not evade him
On the morro’ the authorities alert your kin.
They say you where last seen heading south hitchhiking and that’s where,
Hillbilly Jim started way back and…..
The posthumous record by the legendary Tony Joe White is full of rugged, smoky blues & Americana, culled from a trove of demos. Bandcamp New & Notable May 10, 2021