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