Tupelo - Nick Cave & the bad seeds
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
The beast it cometh, cometh down
wo-o-o
Tupelo bound. tupelo-o-o. yeah tupelo
The beast it cometh, tupelo bound
Why the hen wont lay no egg
Cant get that cock to crow
The nag is spooked and crazy
O God help tupelo o God help tupelo
Ya can say these streets are rivers
Ya can call these rivers streets
Ya can tell yourself your dreaming buddy
But no sleep runs this deep
No no sleep runs this deep
O God help tupelo o God help tupelo
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
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
The sandmans mud
The sandmans mud
The sandmans mud
The sandmans mud
O God help tupelo o God help tupelo
O God help tupelo o God help tupelo
Tupelo-o-o o tupelo
Till 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 ma-ma rock your baby
O ma-ma rock you lil' one slow
O ma-ma rock your baby
O ma-ma rock you lil' one slow
O ma-ma rock your baby
O ma-ma rock your baby
O ma-ma rock your baby
to the king is born in Tupelo
to the king is born in Tupelo
to the king is born in Tupelo
to the king is born in Tupelo
Mama rock your lil one slow
O ma-ma rock your baby
mama rock your lil one slow
O ma-ma rock your baby
to the king is born in Tupelo
to the king is born in Tupelo
to the king is born in Tupelo
to the king is born in Tupelo
Tupelo-o-o
Tupelo-o-o
Tupelo-o-o
Tupelo-o-o
Tupelo-o-o
Tupelo-o-o
And carry the burden of Tupelo
Tupelo-o-o O Tupelo Tupelo
The King will walk on Tupelo
Tupelo-o-o O Tupelo Tupelo Tupelo Tupelo
He carried the burden outa Tupelo
Tupelo-o-o Hey Tupelo
You will reap just what you say