Tyler Childers – Middle Ground lyrics

Well I gotta get out, right now, what in the world to do
Seems I stole a ghost the 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 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 won't eat on you
Ain't no man hungry in the bounty of the middle ground

Well the church (?) mountain turned murder on the run
Pray my momma and the lord in heaven can forgive me for the things I've done
There ain't no jury in the middle ground, in the middle ground a boy is free
So goodbye momma I'm going to the middle ground

Well (?) friends and his next of kin will love to watch me swing
And I may be sorry that I ain't so sorry that I'm never gonna let them see
There ain't no jury in the middle ground, in the middle ground a boy is free
So goodbye momma I'm 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 momma I'm going to the middle ground