Tupelo Lyrics - Sikth

[by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. 1985] 

Looka yonder! Looka yonder! 

Looka yonder! A big black cloud come! 

A big black cloud come! 

O comes to Tupelo. Comes to Tupelo 

Yonder on the horizon 

Yonder on the horizon 

Stopped at the mighty river 

Stopped at the mighty river and 

Sucked the damn thing dry 

Tupelo-o-o, O Tupelo 

In a valley hides a town called Tupelo 

Distant thunder rumble. Distant thunder rumble 

Rumble hungry like the Beast 

The Beast it cometh, cometh down 

The Beast it cometh, cometh down 

Wo wo wo-o-o 

Tupelo bound. Tupelo-o-o. Yeah Tupelo 

The Beast it cometh, Tupelo bound 

Why the hen won't lay no egg 

Can't get that cock to crow 

The nag is spooked and crazy 

O God help Tupelo! O God help Tupelo! 

O God help Tupelo! O God help Tupelo! 

Ya can say these streets are rivers 

Ya can call these rivers streets 

Ya can tell ya self ya dreaming buddy 

But no sleep runs this deep 

No! No sleep runs this deep 

No sleep runs this deep 

Women at their windows 

Rain crashing on the pane 

Writing in the frost 

Tupelos' shame. Tupelo's shame 

O God help Tupelo! O God help Tupelo! 

O go to sleep lil children 

The sandmans on his way 

O go to sleep lil children 

The sandmans in his way 

But the lil children know 

They listen to the beating of their blood 

listen to the beating of their blood 

listen to the beating of their blood 

listen to the beating of their blood 

They listen to the beating of their blood 

The sandman's mud! 

The sandman's mud! 

And the black rain come down 

the black rain come down 

the black rain come down 

Water water everywhere 

Where no bird can fly no fish can swim 

Where no bird can fly no fish can swim 

No fish can swim 

Until The King is born! 

Until The King is born! 

In Tupelo! Tupelo-o-o! 

Til The King is born in Tupelo! 

In a clap-board shack with a roof of tin 

Where the rain came down and leaked within 

A young mother frozen on a concrete floor 

With a bottle and a box and a cradle of straw 

Tupelo-o-o! O Tupelo! 

With a bottle and a box and a cradle of straw 

Well Saturday gives what Sunday steals 

And a child is born on his brothers heels 

Come Sunday morn the first-born dead 

In a shoebox tied with a ribbon of red 

Tupelo-o-o! Hey Tupelo! 

In a shoebox buried with a ribbon of red 

O ma-ma rock you lil' one slow 

O ma-ma rock your baby 

O ma-ma rock your lil' one slow 

O God help Tupelo! O God help Tupelo! 

Mama rock your lil' one slow 

The lil one will walk on Tupelo 

The lil one will walk on Tupelo 

Black rain come down, Black rain come down 

Tupelo-o-o! Yeah Tupelo! 

And carry the burden of Tupelo 

Tupelo-o-o! O Tupelo! Yeah! 

The King will walk on Tupelo! 

Tupelo-o-o! O Tupelo! 

He carried the burden outa Tupelo! 

Tupelo-o-o! Hey Tupelo! [Repeat] 

You will reap just what you sow