Lyrics
Silas parks his Ford Ranger by the low-water bridge
It's the third Thursday in July, and the air is thick with midge
Her car is tucked behind the sycamores, a flash of faded chrome
He kills the lights and waits a beat before he walks down from the road
[Chorus]
If a fox gets in the henhouse, but you don't own the hens
Do you throw a stone to scare him, or just watch how it ends?
[Verse 2]
The smell of her perfume, cheap gardenia on the breeze
I hear their laughter carried on the creek, beneath the cypress knees
He says, "'Just a little longer,' like a promise he can't keep"
While his wife Mary-Beth is turning over in her sleep
[Spoken Interlude]
(A different woman's voice, soft and distant, layered over a quiet guitar line)
"He's been working so late down at the quarry, bless his heart. Said he's bringing home a surprise."
[Chorus]
If a fox gets in the henhouse, but you don't own the hens
Do you throw a stone to scare him, or just watch how it ends?
[Bridge]
Some folks find their saviors in a picture on a shelf
I just find the nightshade growing wild all by itself
[Chorus]
When a fox gets in the henhouse, and you don't own the hens
Do you throw a stone to scare him, or just watch how it ends?
[Outro]
Do you throw a stone...
Or just watch how it ends?
About Kara Dalton
Kara Dalton was born in the Arkansas Ozarks and never saw a reason to leave. She plays the same cracked 1950s 12-string guitar her grandfather taught her on, its sound as raw and resonant as the hollows she calls home. She and her partner Sam, a stonemason, are slowly rebuilding an old cabin by hand on a piece of land backing up to the national forest. These songs are written on the porch after…
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