Witch's Egg

[Verse 1] When I turned twelve, papa said “Little woman, better get yourself a wife ‘Cause you’re too mean for a man To clean up your life And if she’s the devil You know she’ll be your friend” [Verse 2] When I turned thirteen I spat in my papa’s eye Took off to find my man ‘Cause I couldn’t find a wife [Bridge 1] And I spread-eagled in a lot of towns I couldn’t find no man to lay me down They were so busy a-cock-a-doodle-doin’ But they still couldn’t nail me down [Verse 3] So I grew up lonesome Knowing there’d be no man Or woman to get me going Through this life [Chorus] ‘Cause I was hatched Out of a witch’s egg Been doomed to fly high Like a crane with no legs I laid down with the Devil And his sidekick, Mankind But something called lovin’ Made me hungry inside [Bridge 2] So I went to the Lord and I asked him for more Than what this world could offer I laid down with him and I had to grin ‘Cause he was shyer than a flower [Verse 4] Now thanks to the Lord I’ve been set free My lover is the trade winds That take me out to sea My life is like nobody else’s There’s only one of me [Chorus/Outro] 'Cause I was hatched Out of a witch’s egg Been doomed to fly high Like a crane with no legs