Tupelo

Looka yonder
Looka yonder
Looka yonder
A big black cloud come
A big black cloud come

O comes to Tupelo
Come to Tupelo

Yonder on the horizon
Yonder on the horizon
Stopped at the mighty river
Stopped at the mighty river
And sucked the damn thing dry

(Tupelo)
O Tupelo
In a valley hides a town called Tupelo

Well, distant thunder rumble
Distant thunder rumble
Rumble hungry like the Beast
The Beast it cometh, cometh down
The Beast it cometh, cometh down
The Beast it cometh, cometh down
Woah, woah, woah

Tupelo bound
(Tupelo)
Yeah, oh Tupelo
The Beast it cometh, Tupelo bound

Why the hen won't lay no egg?
Can't get that cock to crow
The nag is spooked and crazy
O God help Tupelo!
O God help Tupelo!
O God help Tupelo!
O God help Tupelo!

You can say these streets are rivers
You can call these rivers streets
You can tell yourself you're dreaming buddy
But no sleep runs this deep
No, no sleep runs this deep
No, no sleep runs this deep

Women at their windows
Rain crashing on the pane
Writing in the frost
Tupelo's shame
Tupelo's shame
Tupelo's shame
Tupelo's shame

O God help Tupelo!
O God help Tupelo!
O God help Tupelo!
O God help Tupelo!

O go to sleep little children
The Sandman's on his way
O go to sleep little children
The Sandman's on his way
But the little children know
They listen to the beating of their blood

Listen to the beating of their blood
Listen to the beating of their blood
Listen to the beating of their blood
Sandman's mud
The Sandman's mud
The Sandman's mud
The Sandman's mud

And black rain come down
The black rain come down
The black rain come down
Water, water everywhere
Where no bird can fly, no fish can swim
Where no bird can fly, no fish can swim
No fish can swim
Until the King is born
Until the King is born

In Tupelo
'Til the King is born in Tupelo

In a clap-board shack with a roof of tin
Where the rain crashed down and leaked within
A young mother frozen on a concrete floor
And a bottle and a box and a cradle of straw

Tupelo
O Tupelo
In a bottle and a box and a cradle of straw

Well Saturday gives what Sunday steals
And a child is born on his brothers heels
Sunday morning the first-born dead
In a shoebox tied with a ribbon of red

Tupelo
O Tupelo
In a shoebox buried with a ribbon of red

O mama rock you lil' one slow
Mama rock your baby
Mama rock your lil' one slow
God help Tupelo, God help Tupelo

Mama rock your lil' one slow
Mama rock your lil' one slow
The lil' one will walk on Tupelo
The lil' one will walk on Tupelo
Black rain come down
Black rain come down

Tears obliterate upon a throne
Hills obliterate upon a throne
Wipe that seat, fan it down
Ripped and married and killed away

The King will walk on Tupelo
The King will walk on Tupelo
And carry the burden of Tupelo
And carry the burden of Tupelo
And carry the burden of Tupelo
O Tupelo

Yeah, the King will walk on Tupelo (Tupelo)
Tupelo
Tupelo
The King will walk on Tupelo (Tupelo)
O Tupelo
O Tupelo

Yeah the King will walk on Tupelo (Tupelo)
Yeah, on Tupelo
He carried the burden outta Tupelo (Tupelo)
Yeah, yeah Tupelo
He carried the burden outta Tupelo (Tupelo)
Hey, hey, hey Tupelo

He carried the burden outta Tupelo (Tupelo)
Yeah, yeah, yeah Tupelo
You will reap just what you sow
O Tupelo