The Unseen Hand (Live) - Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives

Hands of doom are reaching out to crush all infidels who stray Time to know the pain, but no time to run within And these hands you see before you will end the light of day Your ashes will be cast into the wind Your blood's upon the soil, your body fed to wolves Not one of you will be left alive Hear the sound pounding and the army of the night By the hammer of thor you now shall die Tonight we strike, there is thunder in the sky Together we'll fight, some of us will die We'll always remember that we made a stand And many will die by my hand We are high atop a mountain with hammers in the wind Lusting for blood and death again In a flash of lightning strike Now the house of death invites you, body and soul to come within I see the fear you have inside you can run but never hide I will hunt you down and tear you limb from limb Nothing shall remain not your memory, your name It will be as though you never, ever lived Tonight we strike, there is thunder in the sky Together we'll fight, some of us will die We'll always remember that we made a stand Many will die by my hand They will die... High atop a mountain with hammers in the wind Lusting for blood and death again In a flash of lightning strike Now the house of death invites you, body and soul to come within I see the fear you have inside you can run but never hide I will hunt you down and tear you limb from limb Nothing shall remain not your memory, your name It will be as though you never, ever lived Tonight we strike, there is thunder in the sky Together we'll fight, some of us will die But we'll always remember that we made a stand And many will die by my hand They will die, by my hand... they will die...

Last night I dreamed I went to Hillbilly Heaven, oh what a beautiful sight St. Peter come up to me and he said "now Marty who do you want to see" So I began to think I said "why don't you call up old Hank Williams and see if he's free" 'Cause Hank saw the world from a Cadillac And he carried them Lovesick Blues right on his back Ah yeah Sure as I was dreaming, sure as I was born Around my neck came this long skinny arm And he said, "Howdy Hoss, my name is Hank, now what brings you here" So I began to think I said "Hank brother, you've seen it all. You've seen 'em come and go and you've seen 'em rise and fall And right now country music's got more singers than I believe I've ever seen So many people got to follow out their dream" "But I feel different," I said, "'cause I'm a natural born cat I'm country to the bone, but I don't wear no hat" Oh no, two three Said "I started with Lester back in '72 All I wanted to be was a little different like him and you" He said "whoa now, it just takes a little longer to make it if you're different, I guess But you just sing what's in your heart and God's gonna do the rest Just be what you are at all times and just tell the folks out there the truth And that ain't gonna cost you a dime But if you plan to be different son, you're just rolling the dice And you know you ain't the first one to pay that price 'Cause there was me and Elvis and there was Bocephus too There was Waylon and Willie and there was Bill Monroe And I guess you know about ole Johnny Cash And I think what the world needs right now is a Jumpin' Jack Flash" Up in Hillbilly Heaven I saw Keith Whitley, I saw Patsy Cline I saw Reba McEntire's band, they were all friends of mine And I began to tremble and I began look I knew I was dreaming but I just couldn't wake up Then out of nowhere came this long Cadillac The driver said "Now come on there Hank we gotta take you back Thirty minutes before your next show We're running behind so we gotta go" He said "Marty, I tell you what you do. You just go on back down there and you make us proud And remember wherever you go There's a little hillbilly in every crowd" And he got in that old car and he drove off slow But right here is what he said before he shut that door

Standin' on the corner of Stuart and the Avenue Rippin' up my transfer and a photograph of you You're a blur on my dead past and rottin' existence As I stand laughin' on the corner of insignificance Well, destiny is dead In the hands of bad luck Before, it might have made some sense But now it's all fucked up Seasons change as well as minds, and I'm a two faced clown You're Mommy's little nightmare drivin' Daddy's car around I'm beat down and half brain dead, the long lost King of fools I may be dumb, but I'm not stupid enough to stay with you Well, destiny is dead In the hands of bad luck Before, it might have made some sense But now it's all fucked up Well, destiny is dead In the hands of bad luck Before, it might have made some sense But now it's all fucked up We're all fucked up You're all fucked up