Orpheus Lyrics - Grant Lee Buffalo

I heard that your Orpheus he done left town 

Snuck out the back way while you slept face down 

Bound for the underworld he rolled down his wool sleeves 

And like a serpent coiled about the wet leaves 

Tennessee waltzing a dance of disease, can't you see? 

Pick up your shears Delilah right there 

Leave all your cares to fall like dead hair 

Outside a carriage waits to take you home 

Its tricky handbrake will not hold out for long 

Do hop inside for your map, it has been drawn, can't you see? 

What leads you? What leads you? 

What leads you? What leads? 

Pickin' the mandrake I would use for tea 

I heard the water spirits calling me 

And faintly a peacock cried behind the tulles, can't you see? 

That when you feel it tickle your brain 

Filling your skull's bowl with a butane 

Maybe the Genie wants back in the lamp 

He's run out of wishes and his clothes are all damp 

Back to the bottle though he knows just how cramped that can be 

What leads you? What leads you? 

What leads you? What leads you? 

What is it now, now? What is it, what is it? 

What is it now? what is it now, now? 

What leads? Well, what leads you? 

What leads you now, now, now? 

Down, down, down, down 

Down, down, down, down