Love Me or Die - Shawn James & The Shapeshifters

I studied evil, I can’t deny

Was a hoodoo charm called a Love me or Die

Some fingernail, a piece of her dress

Apocathery, Devil’s behes'

I will relate, the piteous consequence of my mistake

Falling slave to passing desire

Making the dreaded Love me or Die

Under a Jungle primeval green

She had the looks of a beauty queen

No bangles or chain, wearing broken shoe

Seventy-five cent bottle perfume

I said, «good morning», I tipped my hat

All the while I was cunning like a rat

Smiling gaily, looked her in the eye

I felt in pocket, the Love me or Die

My past history, one to behold

I studied magic from days of old

Membership, secret societies

Power and wealth in my family

But Matilda, Darling

Why you don’t take my wedding ring

Like a demon under the floor

I buried the hoodoo down the back door

Lawd, word broke through the town

That a fever strike Matilda down

Nine thirty, the doctor arrive

Priest come running, quarter to five

Standing in the weeds early next day

I saw the meat wagon rolling away

I seen Matilda laying in the back

Her old mother wearing a suit of black

Sound the trumpet, and bang the drum

I wait for me judgement to come

I know her spirit is down beneath

I hear the weeping and gnashing of the teeth

Flames of Hell licks at my feet

In the shadow of the Jungle I feel the heat

Matilda’s waiting in Hell for me too

All cause she died from a bad hoodoo