all down through the holler somethin s just not right no mockingbird or swaller was giving thought to flight i took that last load of lightnin and headed for the ridge saw something mighty frightenin from the buffalo river bridge first there came the water and then there came the hail lay down your sons and daughters pray the inside walls don t fail i got back to the family the wind came whippin in the grown folks all could hear me as i come up around the bend get the children to the cellar grab a bible if you can somethin wicked comes this way to tear apart the land cut the horses from the stable put the fire out in the still an evil wind is blowin through the hills the lumber took to flyin the glass began to break the thought of the family dyin was more than i could take i don t believe the words i m sayin that witness old refrain but down where we were laying friends she sounded like a train  get the children to the cellar grab a bible if you can somethin wicked comes this way to tear apart the land cut the horses from the stable put the fire out in the still an evil wind is blowin through the hills he left a still and three fillies but lord he left our souls the day all we hillbillies went runnin for the holes get the children to the cellar grab a bible if you can somethin wicked comes this way to tear apart the land cut the horses from the stable put the fire out in the still an evil wind is blowin through the hills