Tupelo Lyrics - Nick Cave & The Bad Seed

Looka yonder, looka yonder 

Looka yonder, a big black cloud come 

Yonder on the horizon 

Yonder on the horizon 

Stopped at the mighty river 

Sucked the damn thing dry 

Distant thunder rumble 

Distant thunder rumble 

Rumble hungry like the beast 

Beast it cometh, cometh down 

Beast it cometh, cometh down 

The beast it cometh, cometh down 

Tupelo bound, Tupelo, yeah, oh, 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 

Oh, God help Tupelo, oh, God help Tupelo 

You can say these streets are rivers 

You can call these rivers streets 

You can tell your self you're dreaming, buddy 

But no sleep runs this deep 

No, no sleep runs this deep 

Oh, God help Tupelo 

Oh, God help Tupelo 

Oh, God help Tupelo 

Oh, God help Tupelo 

Oh, go to sleep little children 

The sandman's on his way 

Oh, go to sleep little children 

The sandman's on his way 

They listen to the beating of their blood 

Listen to the beating of their blood 

Sandman's mud, the sandman's mud 

The sandman's mud, the sandman's mud 

And black rain come down 

The black rain come down 

Water, water, everywhere 

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 

Until The King is born in Tupelo 

In a clap board shack with a roof of tin 

Where the rain crash down and leaked within 

A young mother frozen on a concrete floor 

With a bottle and a box and a cradle of straw 

Tupelo, oh, Tupelo 

With a bottle and a box and a cradle of straw 

Saturday gives what Sunday steals 

And a child is born on his brothers heels 

Sunday morning and the first born dead 

In a shoe box tied with a ribbon of red 

Tupelo, oh, Tupelo 

In a shoe box buried with a ribbon of red 

Oh, mama, rock you little one slow 

Mama rock your baby 

Mama rock your little one slow 

God help Tupelo, God help Tupelo 

Black rain come down 

Black rain come down 

And the King will walk on Tupelo 

The King will walk on Tupelo 

And carry the burden of Tupelo 

And carry the burden of Tupelo 

And carry the burden of Tupelo 

And carry the burden of Tupelo 

Tupelo, oh, Tupelo, yeah 

King will walk on Tupelo 

Hey, hey, hey Tupelo 

And carry the burden of Tupelo 

Yeah, yeah, yeah Tupelo 

And you will reap just what you sow 

Oh, oh, yeah, oh Tupelo