Jaipur

[Intro: Bessie Smith]

This house is so haunted

With dead men

I can't lose

[Verse 1: John Darnielle]

I was having visions of sugared pastry

Cooked up in clarified butter

I tried to turn my visions into prayers

But I built my castle way high up in the air

[Chorus: John Darnielle]

Yeah, I came to the gates of the fabled pink city

Hungry and tired and cold

Swing low, sweet chariot

Chrome tailpipe shining bright as spun gold

[Verse 2: John Darnielle]

My brothers picked me up out of the rushes

Handed me into the company of evil men

But I inched my way down the eastern seaboard

I am coming to Atlanta again

[Chorus: John Darnielle]

Yeah I came to the gates of the fabled pink city

Hungry, and tired, and mad as all hell

Swing low sweet jewel-encrusted chariot

Make me young again; make me well

[Verse 3: John Darnielle]

I am the killer dressed in pilgrim's clothing

I am the hard-to-find stations on the AM band

I am the white sky high over Tripoli

I am the landmine hidden in the sand

[Chorus: John Darnielle]

Yeah I came to the gates of the fabled pink city

Hungry and tired and alone

Swing low, sweet, sweet, sweet chariot

Coming forth to carry me home