Saw the head off a scarecrownBurn its eyes with leadnMake a crown of barbwirenLeave it under your bednI'll come running with a heart on firenI'll come running with a heart on firenI'll come running with a heart on firenAnd baby you can dig my gravenBaby you can dig my gravennTake a beet and a pole beamnRotting wrapped in haynSpit into the middlencover it with claynI'll come running with a heart on firenI'll come running with a heart on firenI'll come running with a heart on firenI wonder what made you staynI wonder what made me straynBaby's got a jar of cidernUsed for making hearts meltnBaby knows chicken wirenDon't make no chastity beltnnDrive a stake into the rivernCap it with a bonenHear that black bird cawingnIt be my tombstonenNow I'm running with a heart on firenNow I'm running with a heart on firenI'm running with a heart on firenBaby you can lick the flamesnBaby you can lick the flamesnBaby's got my heart's desirenSwinging from her trophy beltnBaby knows a funeral pyrenDon't get put out with no beaver peltnnDig a sack of potatoesnThrow it in my gravenFill it full of buckshotnJust count the daysnI'll come running with a heart on firenI'll come running with a heart on firenI'll come running with a heart on firenAnd baby you'll make me paynBaby you'll make me paynAnd baby you'll be digging my gravenBaby I'm just counting the days