Summer sun is swinging low
 
 Out here in the cotton row
 
 Surrounded by my sorrow
 
 Summer sun is swinging low
 
  
  Ain’t no mother from a brother and me
 
 Lost her back in 63
 
 Drowned herself in a sea of Jim Bean
 
 Ain’t no mother from a brother and me
  
 
 So I’m burnin’ the woodshed down
 
 Going to burn it to the ground
 
 Going to kick the ashes all around
 
 I’m burnin’ the woodshed down
  
 
 Daddy beat me black and he beat me blue
 
 Broke his hickory stick in two
 
 God only knows what I’m bound to do
 
 Daddy beat me black and he beat me blue
  
 
 So I’m burnin’ the woodshed down
 
 Going to burn it to the ground
 
 I’m going to kick the ashes all around
 
 I’m burnin’ the woodshed down
  
 
 I’m going to show that man just want I mean
 
 Pour out this can of kerosene
 
 I’m going to toss a match into the breeze
 
 I’m going to show that man just want I mean
  
 
 Hey I’m burnin’ the woodshed down
 
 Going to burn it to the ground
 
 I’m going to kick the ashes all around
 
 I’m burnin’ the woodshed down
  
 
 I’m going to kick the ashes all around
 
 I’m burnin’ the woodshed down