Demon John Lyrics - Sketches (for My Sweetheart The Drunk) - Jeff Buckley

Say farewell, g'night, sonny Jim 

In your defenseless, winning smile 

What do you hope to win? 

And bliss face down, defended 

Well, now stoned demon John 

There ain't no town the boy cannot belong 

Why did you come here 

Is it to excavate all your sins, boil within? 

Slaughter like the daughter of the devil you send me 

I have to deal, you called me here 

Can't say that you were juiced the night 

That you were introduced to demon John 

Gonna take him with you when you go 

Dance down slow, oh, way down 

You cannot escape the bar-side angel dissector 

You undo your life with too much cocoon, who's your protector? 

Dark as the city where the white girls walk by 

Down below your eyes, just like fireflies 

You call me here, come on here, follow me dear 

Past cascades of rage and fear, you called me here 

Couldn't say that you had been juiced 

The time that you were introduced to demon John 

Well, you knew you had to want to go 

Dance down slow by the light of the sun 

Murder comes today or tonight 

Better get yourself together and transcend it 

A burst of light blaze stars into me 

While the love breaks through here and now 

So murder by the light of the sun 

Please, don't get too close to me 

You said you are for real, it's not pretend 

All memories stolen, know this for yourself 

How'd you like to be the happiest man in the world? 

Behind the weathered field hands whose blistered paws harvest cut 

For wedding clothes they'll never wear 

Marching down a road that was never there 

It takes place on a sunlit lace and the backbone broken 

Please bring us light, demon John 

You, demon John, take him with you when you go