it s a story of left hand right hand it s a story of love and hate it s a story of left hand right hand it s a story of love and hate well he s a cool one ben harper hangin from a dead mans rope and this is the story the story two men wrote two men wrote two men wrote it s a world of night for pearl and john it s a world of night when your daddy s gone when everyone around you is so weak you had to be so strong in the night in the night of the hunter in the night in the night in the night in the night of the hunter in the night in the night little good you are to your family hangin from a dead man s rope and this is the story the story two children wrote two children wrote two children wrote in the night in the night of the hunter in the night in the night in the night in the night of the hunter in the night in the night of the hunter in the night of the hunter stronger than your uncle bernie stronger than willa ever was strong as the shadows are long strong as the shadows are long