Shank Hill St. Lyrics - O' Be Joyful - Shovels & Rope

we're buzzing like a locust 

vibrating right out of my skin 

pounding on the butcher's wall 

somebody come and let me in 

there's a black haired woman 

carrying a rolling pin 

but your man's got a secret 

but she knows where he been yeah 

she knows where he been 

and it'll be a long time 

before the sun shines 

on shank hill street again 

you see early in the morning 

for the one wind of the dark 

she saw a thin man and a shadow 

make their way across the lawn 

there was a rustle, was a raiser 

and a whisper of a prayer 

then the rhythm of the mallet 

like a heartbeat in the air 

and it'll be a long time before the sun shines 

on shank hill street yeah 

with a handshake like a hammer and suicide grin 

that wooden door creeked open and the butcherman let me in yes, 

like that, he let me in 

but i wasted not a minute, i was on him like a whip 

and for one last minute, he'd feel that heart drip (drip, drip...) 

and it'll be a long time before the sun shines 

on shank hill street