hollis brown he lived on the outside of town hollis brown he lived on the outside of town with his wife and five children and his cabin broken down you look for work and money and you walk a ragged mile you look for work and money and you walk a ragged mile all your children are so hungry that they don t know how to smile your baby s eyes look crazy they re tuggin at your sleeve your baby s eyes look crazy they re tuggin at your sleeve you walk the floor and wonder why with every breath you breathe the rats have got your flour bad blood it got your mare the rats have got your flour bad blood has got your mare if there s anyone that knows is there anyone who cares you prayed to the lord above say please send you a friend you prayed to the lord above please send you a friend your empty pockets tell you you ain t got no friend your babies are crying louder it s pounding on your brain your babies are crying louder now it s a pounding on your brain your wife is screamin stabbin you like the dirty drivin rain rain your grass is turnin black there s no water in your well your grass is turnin black there s no water in your well you spent your last lone dollar on seven shotgun shells way out in the wilderness a cold coyote calls way out in the wilderness a cold coyote calls and your eyes fix on the shotgun that s hangin on the wall your brain is a bleedin and your legs can t seem to stand your brain is a bleedin now and your legs can t seem to stand your eyes fix on the shotgun which you re holdin in your hand there s seven breezes blowin all around your cabin door there s seven breezes blowin all around your cabin door and seven shots ring out like the ocean s poundin roar there s seven people dead on a south dakota farm there s seven people dead on a south dakota farm somewhere in the distance there s seven new people born born