Chicken Killer Lyrics - The Triffids

I knelt I aimed I missed I ran 

across the fIeld where our love began 

The ears of the corn began to melt and swim 

My 20/20 vision 95% dim 

I bowed my head to the weight of the sun 

I saw ribs sticking out through my yellow skin 

I felt so tail I felt so thin 

And the children were singing, "Here he comes the killer again 

Here he comes the chickenkiller again" 

I was shooting at the birds on the telephone lines 

Putting little black holes on the speed limit signs 

And tell me where she is I screamed 

And tell me where it Is she's been 

Well smiling people gathered round 

Wearing coloured silk under coloured lights 

And paper streamers floated down 

like a skating rink or a boxing tight 

And grace descended without a sound 

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And the children kept singing, "Here he comes the killer again 

Here he comes the chickenkiller again" 

I ran through that crowd calling out your dear name 

to the blind the deaf the dumb the lame 

But they shook their heads and pointed to the sky 

Saying she's in His hands now my boy 

She caught death as only lovers can ever catch can 

And the children kept singIng, "Here he comes the killer again 

Here he comes the chickenkiller again" 

Now the grass is brown and dry beside the track 

Broken beer bottle shines like our engagement ring 

And as sure as theres a man on the cross on a hill 

I'll pay dearly for everthing 

Now they stoop and they poke and they prod and they peer 

at our prone bodies lying there 

Like roosters picking at the body of a hen 

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And the children were singing, "Here he comes the killer again 

Here he comes the chickenkiller again" 

My ears were filled with that joyful ringing 

My ears were filled with that happy singing 

Laughing and pointing and pointing and singing 

And the children sang, etc etc