Intro: Am
I heard about the venom
At a broke down Five and Dime
The rain cried down the window
Just like those tears of mine
Just then a gray haired woman
Sat down right next to me
She heard me cry and looked in my eye
And said, “Baby, I got what you need”
You need a snakebite
And once you g
et that venom in your veins
They’ll come alive
I know just w
hat you go through every day
That pain inside, I can m
ake it right
With the snakebite
She handed me a map with streets
I said, “I’ve never seen”
And she told me, “My friend, this town has secrets
Darker than you could ever dream”
I went to some back alley
Behind a liquor store
If someone had told me how tight it would hold me
I never would have open the door
I got the snakebite
And once I
had that venom in my veins
I came alive
Oh, you don’t know w
hat I go through everyday
The pain inside, I’m gonna m
ake it right
With the snakebite
My momma told me
Baby, be wary of
evil ones
Who want to ensnare the h
eavy hearted
Into their webs and f
eed upon their souls
Oh mom
ma, I hope you never know
It hasn’t been a year now
And all my hair is gray
You know, it’s funny
But I d
on’t remember my own name
I’d go and hurt that woman
Who put this pain in me
But my heart is weak, it wants that venom
She comes around ’cause she knows I need
The snakebite
Oh, I gotta
get that venom in my veins
To feel alive
Oh, you don’t know w
hat I go through every day
This pain inside, I’m gonna m
ake it right
With the snakebite
Oh, I gotta get that ve
nom in my veins
And come alive
Oh, you don’t know w
hat I go through every day
That pain inside, I’m gonna m
ake it right
With the snakebite
Oh, I got the snakebi
te