Black Dog Sin

There's a black dog beneath my skin

Eyeless, grinning

So I met a nun and a mystic

At the fork in the road

They said "Your child is behind you

Wet hair, painted toes

There are smugglers, jugglers

A bear on its chain

Wear bluebells in your hat

If you're going that way."

Uh-huh

What does it mean then?

It's all just a dream then

(By the time I woke up)

Cough syrup and amphetamines

We could sleep under the evergreens

I'm a little saint, I'm a little sinner

Every day you're looking better

Words were written on the walls

My white blood in capitals

Well, I spoke to the captain

He won't turn around

He said "The sun is an orange

And the wind's just the sound

Of our brothers and sisters

Lovers and those that we'll never know."

Uh-huh, uh-huh

I am no leader

I'm just a soldier

And they're going door to door

But I can't fight anymore

Cough syrup and amphetamines

We could sleep under the evergreens

I'm a little saint, I'm a little sinner

Every day I'm looking thinner

(There is evil in)