Stranger In Black

I walked on a country road

I started out my walk alone

But it wasn’t long

Till I heard footsteps on the ground

I met a stranger dressed in black

He greeted me he tipped his hat

And he asked me for something back

I felt my stomach heave

I didn’t know this man from steve

But he blocked the exit

So I could not leave

And I said, “sir, I don’t mean to be curt or obscene

But you look an awful lot, like a stranger to me,”

And he said, “no, no I ain’t

I’m no stranger to your ways

And you ain't getting past me

Until you pay.”

He said, “I met you once before, you were laying there on the floor

The breath had left your lungs, girl you shoulda been long done

Oh but you defied me, you stood back up, shaken but smiling

What a slap in my face, it was death that you disgraced

I tried again when you were on the road

I tipped that trailer towing slate and stone

But you hit your breaks and avoided that whole load

Oh you defied me, you stood back up, shaken but smiling

Little girl, your luck is running thin

And I said no, no I ain't

I’m no stranger to your ways

I’m gonna die with gray hair

From old age

I saw his face turn red

Hell knows no fury like a man named death

He turned to smoke on the road

But I knew I’d see him again

Oh it didn’t take long

No it hit me quick

He knocked me flat I was so damn sick

I spent six months lying in bed

But I prayed to god to make me strong

My family helped me along

And once again

I proved that stranger wrong

And I said no, no I ain't

I’m no stranger to your ways

I’m gonna die with gray hair

Yeah, I’m gonna die with gray hair

From old age