Alison Krauss & Union Station - The Hangman (Official Lyric Video)

The official lyric video for the song "The Hangman" by Alison Krauss & Union Station, taken from their three-time GRAMMY-nominated album Arcadia, the band's first new music in 14 years. The album 'Arcadia' is available now on Down The Road Records. Listen and discover the immaculately crafted, endlessly surprising sound that Alison Krauss & Union Station have become known for over the past four decades, and which earned the project its place among the year’s best. Arcadia is a set of ten songs that transcend time, reveal beautiful and tragic truths, and reaffirm why the group remains one of the most influential, widely celebrated acts of the past four decades. Thank you for watching, listening, and supporting the music. Stream 'Arcadia': https://ffm.to/akusarcadia Subscribe to Alison Krauss' YouTube channel:    / @alisonkraussofficial   Watch Alison Krauss' music videos:    • Music Videos   Follow Alison Krauss: Website: http://alisonkrauss.com/ Facebook:   / officialalisonkrauss   Instagram:   / alisonkrauss   Twitter:   / alisonkrauss   LYRICS: Into our town the Hangman came Smelling of gold and blood and flame And he paced our bricks with a diffident air And built his frame on the courthouse square The scaffold stood by the courthouse side Only as wide as the door was wide A frame as tall or a little more Than the capping sill of the courthouse door And we wondered, we had the time Who the criminal, what the crime The Hangman judged with the yellow twist Of knotted hemp in his busy fist And innocent though we were with dread We passed those eyes of buckshot lead Till one cried, Hangman, who is he For whom you raise the gallows tree A twinkle grew in the buckshot eye He gave us a riddle instead of reply He who served me the best, said he Shall earn the rope on the gallows tree The next day's sun looked mildly down On roof and street in our quiet town Stark and black in the morning air The gallows tree on the courthouse square #alisonkrauss