Carla Came Home - Chris Knight

There’s crying in the kitchen, there’s running in the hall

Daddy’s Winchester wasn’t hanging on the wall

And it didn’t seem like Christmas very much at all

Mama set me to chopping wood before the snow

She said «Daddy's gone to Richmond and that’s all you need to know.»

I said «I want to know why Carla has got that blood on her clothes.»

Carla came home, middle of the night

Sunglasses on and tears in her eyes

Carla came home tonight just for Christmas time

When Carla met Tom Walker Daddy said «He ain’t no count.»

He’d grab his gun and go hunting when she’d bring him to the house

Now something tells me Tom Walker is out of the picture now

They quit searching for my brother-in-law

Gave him a week then they called in the dogs

Well there won’t nobody miss him except maybe his Ma