Middle Ground (Live)

Well, I gotta get out right now
What in the world to do?
Seems I stole a ghost away from you
Shame my mother with the burden of a murdering son

Well, I'm headed out West, blazing a trail
Gonna run clean out of my shoes
I'll keep on running 'til the bottom of my feet are bruised
Uncle told me once about a place called the Middle Ground

Well, way over yonder past the Ohio River
You can eat like a woodland king
There's fish in the water like you ain't never seen
Ain't no man hungry in the bounty of the Middle Ground

You can eat on elk, eat on deer
You can eat on ring-tailed 'coon
There's all kinds of critters in the dark that wanna eat on you
Ain't no man hungry in the bounty of the Middle Ground

Well, the church-yard brought four on the mountain
Turned murderer-on-the-run
Pray my mama and the Lord in heaven
Can forgive me for the things I've done

But there ain't no jury in the Middle Ground
In the Middle Ground, a boy is free
So goodbye Mama, I'm a-going to the Middle Ground

Well, I know his friends and his next of kin
Would love to watch me swing
And I may be sorry that I ain't so sorry
That I'm never gonna let them see

That there ain't no jury in the Middle Ground
In the Middle Ground, a boy is free
So goodbye mama, I'm a-going to the Middle Ground

Well, I gotta get out right now
What in the world to do?
Seems I beat the brakes right off of you
Sent you early to the maker of the Middle Ground
So goodbye mama I'm a-going to the Middle Ground
Let's do it, Barbra