House of the Rising Sun (Tuka Version)

[Verse 1: Tuka]

You called me today, you told me you were gonna die

(Father, father, father)

What was I gonna say? Sorry, I don’t wanna lie

(My father, father, father)

You remind me of this old folk song that got passed around

You used to sing it

I bet the songs that you sang inside of that pub

Didn't just pay for your dinner

Party like an animal

It was a party with the animals

[Verse 2: Tuka]

Sink a lot of liquor, kiss a lot of women

How many could you pick up? I’m one in six

Sittin' pretty in the middle of a litter

Mum said you’re the reason I stutter

One day, she got sick again, it hit her

You could have had it all

Instead, she had enough

[Chorus: alt-J]

There is a house in New Orleans

They call the Rising Sun

And it's been the ruin of many a poor soul

And, Lord, my father's one

[Verse 3: Tuka]

With me and my sister, we had to leave behind mister

My mother was a high planes drifter, she said I could ride with her

We started again as a party of three with our heart on our sleeve

She asked for redemption, in need of a friend

He was charming, I guess, but history repeats

Pardon the cliché, it was hard to believe

I can't pretend like you, he was no father to me

Motherfucker was an animal

Wants to party with the animals

[Verse 4: Tuka]

You strum a guitar in our house of the rising sun

You beat my mother in our madhouse of the rising sun

Drunk on a Monday, was his father's son

In the back room singing, this was the song he sung

[Chorus: alt-J]

There is a house in New Orleans

They call the Rising Sun

And it's been the ruin of many a poor soul

And, Lord, my father's one

[Spoken Outro: Tuka's Father]

At one time of my life, it was in me repertoire for quite a while

Oh, for years

And then I've gotta figure out how I could do it

And do it in such a way with little finger picks

On a twelve-string guitar, strung six strings

So, I had this huge guitar, really big guitar

With a big lot of noise in it

And did "The House of the Rising Sun"

But you had to wait until you had enough drunks around

Can you understand that?

Like, you must have got, you wait until you've got enough drunks

And you'd go, right, sing "The House of the Rising Sun"

And they'd be singing away and carrying on

And throwing money in the box

It was a good one