Ever since I first wrote about Clinton Road of West Milford, NJ, this blog has received a steady influx of visitors seeking information about the mysterious thoroughfare. Given such public interest, I have written a song about the subject.
CLINTON ROAD
The hellhounds are running.
The hellhounds are running
On Clinton Road.
A two-lane highway
Surrounded by parkland
And public utility land.
It is isolated,
So isolated
That stories of ghosts
And witches abound.
There is a pond
Where the ghost of a boy
Will rise up to warn you
Not to drown
Like he did.
If a tree falls
In front of your car,
Go back!
Reverse!
For another tree
Will soon fall
Behind to trap you.
An old iron smelter
Is a witch’s tower
And demonic rituals
Are performed in there.
Do powerful forces
Rule on this asphalt?
Or do bored local teenagers
Make up these stories?
They say
The hellhounds are running.
The hellhounds are running
On Clinton Road.
Clinton Road,
New Jersey.
Copyright © Kenneth Silber.
