…Just Tell ‘Em He Committed Suicide.
Bull Mountain Bridge
Performed by Paul Thorn…from the What The Hell is Goin On? CD (With Ain’t Love Strange)
Bull Mountain Bridge was written by Wild Bill Emerson. He’s a fairly obscure old-school country songwriter who penned tunes for George Jones and many other traditional artists back in the day. He is a world-class storyteller. He was also a mentor to my main songwriting partner, Billy Maddox. A lot of the things that Billy learned from wild bill were shared and passed down to me, which heavily influenced my style of songwriting. This one is a wild bill classic about jealousy and murder in the Deep South. Any song that mentions a marijuana dealer, the Ku Klux Klan, breaking the arms of a wife-stealer and then throwing that same person into a cold river to their death, is a tale that should make just about anybody wanna listen. I would also like to say that it was a true honor that my friend Delbert McClinton added his voice to this track. He helped us rock it out...Paul Thorn
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The Lyrics</strong
Stone Fox Dan was a Romeo man
Made a livin’ sellin’ marijuana
He went around turnin’ all the good lookin’ women on
He wore a feather in his hat and drove a big black Caddy
He was always lookin’ for a party
He played Big Daddy to the women when the men wasn’t home
Well now, Bull Mountain Hawk was the cock of the walk
He said Stone Fox Dan needed killin’
When he got to drinkin’, he was meaner than a copperhead
He was leader of the clan…took the law in his hands
When he caught Stone Fox with his woman
Guess who’s sleepin’ at the bottom of the cold waterbed?
And the Hawk said, “Take him on down below the Bull Mountain Bridge
Tie his hands and throw him in the river
You might as well give him his farewell party night”
He said, “Knock him in the head…he’s better off dead
Break his arms and throw him in the river
If anybody asks, just tell `em he committed suicide”
