One Dark and Misty Night
There is a place inside the woods where I wound up one night
Way up in the mountains where I went to get a bite
Circumstances led me there the day my car broke down
I thought I’d get a meal as I was stranded near the town
It was a lovely autumn day, the trees were crimson red
it was their last hurrah before the leaves were dried and shed
But halfway through my journey my engine seized and died
My cell phone had no signal, nowhere was there a ride
Then I saw the smoke emerging from a chimney top
Way up in the mountain where I thought there’d be a shop
And so I started climbing as the day had turned to dusk
Even now, I still can smell the pine trees and the musk
Echoes in the misty night surrounded me with fear
Something was behind me I could feel that it was near
I started walking faster as my heart began to race
The eerie sounds of creatures filled the earth and every space
That’s when I heard the howling of the wolves into the night
And when I felt the burning of the teeth sink in and bite
I screamed in pain and horror as I fell onto the ground
I started crawling to a house, the closest in the town
But just before I reached the door, I felt a bite again
I know that I was saved but don’t remember, how or when
The people in the cabin took me in and made me well
A few days later I was healed, the bites no longer swelled
But now each time the moon is full I roam the woods til light
All because my car broke down one dark and misty night
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