Lyrics: Gillian Welch
Music: Gillian Welch
Scarlet Town - Chris Thile/Brad Mehldau
Written by：Gillian Welch
Buddy I went down to Scarlet Town
And never been there before
You slept on a feather bed
And I slept on the floor
Buddy
I don't mind a little town
Or drinking my coffee cold
But the things I seen in Scarlet Town
Done mortify my soul
Look at that deep well
Look at that dark ray
Ringing that iron bell
In Scarlet Town today
Spent some time in New Orleans
And carry on I've been
A Scarlet Town brought me down
As low as I ever been
I look at that deep well
I look at that dark ray
Ringing that iron bell
In Scarlet Town today
I went down to Scarlet Town
You promised you'd be my bride
Then you left me here to rot away
Like holly on a mountainside
Man
I look at that deep well
I look at that dark ray
Ringing that iron bell
In Scarlet Town today
Buddy you can hide in Scarlet Town
For a hundred years or more
But the man who knows what time it is
Is knocking at the door
So fare you well my one true love
If you never see me around
I'll be looking through a telescope
From hell to Scarlet Town
I look at that deep well
I look at that dark ray
Ringing that iron bell
In Scarlet Town today
I look at that deep well look at that deep well
Look at that dark
I look at that dark ray
Ringing that iron bell
In Scarlet Town today