Lonesome Wyatt and the Holy Spooks - The Golden Rule

Official video for “The Golden Rule“ from Lonesome Wyatt and the Holy Spooks’ album Ghost Ballads. Get the album on limited edition vinyl, cassette, CD and digital download at The Golden Rule Lyrics: On a cold winter night With the moon big and bright As the town lay asleep in their beds Near the old rusted gate By the side of the lake Lay Mary with an axe in her head In the morning they found Her sad withered bones Some children just walking to school They screamed at the sight In the strange morning light And whispered the golden rule Poor Mary Moore her short life is o’er She will do unto them what they did to her Then Mary did rise Wiped the blood from her eyes And told them to follow her lead They got right in line And they stumbled behind For this girl they would do any deed From house to stone house They wandered about And slaughtered whomever they’d see Woman or man Their mothers their dads Without hesitation or grief Poor Mary Moore her short life is o’er She wil