I\'m not sure if there\'s a point to this storyBut I\'m going to tell it againSo many other people try to tell the taleNot one of them knows the endIt was a junk-house in South Carolina\nHeld a boy the age of ten\nAlong with his older brother Billy\nAnd a mother and her boyfriend\nWho was a triple loser with some blue tattoos\nThat were given to him when he was young\nAnd a drunk temper that was easy to lose\nAnd thank god he didn\'t own a gun\n\nWell,Billy woke up in the back of his truck\nTook a minute to open his eyes\nHe took a peep into the back of the house\nAnd found himself a big surprise\nHe didn\'t see his brother but there was his mother\nWith her red-headed head in her hands\nWhile the boyfriend had his gloves wrapped around an old priest\nTrying tochoke the manAh Ah Ahhh...\n\nBilly looked up from the window to the truck\nThrew up, and had to struggle to stand\nHe saw that red-necked bastard with a hammer\nTurn the priest into a shell of a man\nThe priest was putting up the fight of his life\nBut he was old and he was bound to lose\nThe boyfriend hit as hard ashe could\nAnd knocked the priest right down to his shoes\n\nWell, now Billy knew but never actually met\nThe preacher lying there in the room\nHe heard himself say, \"That must be my daddy\"\nThen he knew what he was gonna do\nBilly got up enough courage, took it up\nAnd grabbed the first blunt thing he could find\nIt was a cold, glass bottle of milk\nThat got delivered every morning at nine\n\nAh Ah Ahhh...\n\nBilly broke in and saw the blood on the floor, and\nHe turned around and put the lock on the door\nHe looked dead into the boyfriend\'s eye\nHis mother was a ghost, too upset to cry, then\nHe took a step toward the man on the ground\nFrom his mouth trickled out a little audible sound\nHe heard the boyfriend shout, \"Get out!\"\nAnd Billy said, \"Not till I know what this is all about\"\n\"Well, this preacher here was attacking your mama\"\nBut Billy knew just who was starting the drama\nSo Billy took dead aim athis face\nAnd smashed the bottle on the man who left his dad in disgrace, and\nThe white milk dripped down with the blood, and the\nBoyfriend fell down dead for good\nRight next to the preacher who was gasping for air\nAnd Billy shouted, \"Daddy, why\'d you have to come back here?\"\nHis mama reached behindthe sugar and honey, and\nPulled out an envelope filled with money\n\"Your daddy gave us this,\" she collapsed in tears\n\"He\'s been paying all the bills for years\"\n\"Mama, let\'s put this body underneath the trees\nand put Daddy in the truck and head to Tennessee\"\nJust then, his little brother came in\nHolding the milk man\'s hat and a bottle of gin singing,\n\nLa la la la, la la la la, yeah\nLa la la la, la la la la, yeah\nLa la la la, la la la la, yeah\nLa la la, la la la...\nLa la la la, la la la la, yeah\nLa la la la, la la la la, yeah\nLa la la la, la la la la, yeah\nLa la la, la la la...\nLa la la la, la la la la, yeah\nLa la la la, la la la la, yeah\nLa la la la, la la la la, yeah\nLa la la la, la la la la, yeah\n\nWell now you heard another side to the story\nBut you wanna know how it ends?\nIf you must know, the truth about the tale\nGo and ask the milkman Carolina, Drama, Raconteurs