[Verse 1]
Take a little walk to the edge of town and go across the tracks
Where the viaduct looms like a bird of doom as it shifts and cracks
Where secrets lie in the border fires in the humming wires
Hey man, you know you're never coming back
Past the square, past the bridge, past the mills, past the stacks
On a gathering storm comes a tall handsome man
In a dusty black coat with a red right hand
[Verse 2]
He'll wrap you up in his arms, tell you that you've been good girls and boys
He'll rekindle all of those dreams it took you a lifetime to destroy
He'll reach deep into the hole, heal your shrinking soul
Mm, but people, you know you're never coming back
He's a ghost, he's a god, he's a man, he's a guru
We're whispering his name through this disappearing land
But hidden in his coat is a red right hand
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
You'll see him in your nightmares, you'll meet him in your dreams
He'll appear out of nowhere, but he ain't what he seems
You'll see him in your head on the TV screen
Hey people, I'm a-warning you to turn it off
He's a ghost, he's a god, he's a man, he's a guru
We're one microscopic cog in his catastrophic plan
Designed and directed by his red right hand
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