Songtext Don't go down to the quarry Peter, Paul & Mary

Don't go down to the quarry

Dont go down to the quarry in the middle of the night
Youll never come back, youll never be right
We lost maggie there just last spring
And big ben johnson, he couldnt do a thing

Big ben johnson made a bet with mad man mike
That he could cross the quarry in the middle of the night
He got there, bout halfway across
When he started sinking down in the red clay moss.

Nearby standin on the tracks where the trains used to come
Was mad man mike, beatin on his drum
Laughin out loud, eyes rollin in his head
Standin on the tracks in the lucifers stead

With a long red cape and fire in his eyes
He lifted up his hands to the midnight skies
And the thunder start to roll and the lightenin flashed wild
And big ben johnson start a cryin like a child.

Dont go down to the quarry, dont, dont go down
Dont go down to the quarry, dont, dont go down
Dont go down to the quarry, dont, dont go down
Down, down, down, down

Then the earth gave a shudder, the quarry start to split
Screamin down went johnson into the fiery pit
With a laugh that shivered the center of the bone
Mad man mike just standin there alone

Hes callin all the people, to take their turn
And fall into the pit and eternally burn
Down, down, dont go down
Down, down, down, down

Lucifers caught on the railraod track
Hes howlin at the moon cause he cant come back
And in the evenin while were sittin there in front of the fire
We laugh at old lucifer before we retire

Dont go down to the quarry in the middle of the night
Youll never come back, youll never be right
We lost maggie there just last spring
And big ben johnson, he couldnt do a thing

Dont go down to the quarry, dont, dont go down
Dont go down to the quarry, dont, dont go down
Dont go down to the quarry, dont, dont go down
Down, down, down, down

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