Songs:Tear My Stillhouse Down (5553)

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Trivia, story behind the song, etc.

Lyrics

(Gillian Welch)

Put no stone at my head, no flowers on my tomb
No gold plated sign in a marble pillared room
The one thing I want when they lay me in the ground
When I die tear my stillhouse down
Oh tear my stillhouse down, let it go to rust
Don't leave no trace of the hiding place
Where I made that evil stuff
For all my time and money no profit did I see
That old copper kettle was the death of me
When I was a child way back in the hills
I laughed at the men who tended those stills
But that old mountain shine, it caught me somehow
When I die tear my stillhouse down
Oh tear my stillhouse down, let it go to rust
Don't leave no trace of the hiding place
Where I made that evil stuff
For all my time and money no profit did I see
That old copper kettle was the death of me
Oh tell all your children that Hell ain't no dream
'Cause Satan he lives in my whisky machine
And in my time of dying I know where I'm bound
So when I die tear my stillhouse down
Oh tear my stillhouse down, let it go to rust
Don't leave no trace of the hiding place
Where I made that evil stuff
For all my time and money no profit did I see
That old copper kettle was the death of me

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Tear My Stillhouse Down by Kris Delmhorst SONG
on the album Oddlot Buy Kris Delmhorst at CD-Baby Any album (including Oddlot)	Request this song: Tear My Stillhouse Down (Only logged in and authenticated users can make requests.) Overall rating: (38 votes) Your rating: You have to login to give your opinion about songs. Length: 3:51 Times played: 101 People hearing: 2732 Times requested: 86 First played: Mar 1st, 2003 Last played: Nov 29th, 2008 Previously played: Nov 3rd, 2008 Song ID#: 5553	Listener rankings: 5 stars=Doctordoug ♦ jjascob ♦ Jim ♦ Kelli ♦ Messtaken ♦ LuAnna ♦ dolcefarniente ♦ RickHap ♦ sparx ♦ Oldcajun ♦ Fine-line ♦ Atuuschaaw ♦ Hexaba ♦ BlueRidge ♦ JohnnyAppleseed ♦ Kazookid ♦ Big Daddy Lee ♦ Chili ♦ E.D. Egg ♦ OldGowl ♦ Cub Driver 4 stars=Big Tom ♦ Dayglow ♦ fireball ♦ Steven E King ♦ Bisbonian ♦ Cater ♦ Pyrite ♦ Jtskreyn ♦ Firewalk ♦ JC ♦ 65strat ♦ Kimchifox ♦ countrydave ♦ Mert 3 stars=Dean ♦ 12-stringer 2 stars=Stu