Drawn in the Dark

Nocturnal sweating, drawn in the dark

Men came in the night, men came in the night

It burned her bad, bed, clothes, and sheets

They hide in the reefs, they hide in the reefs

And watched by fire, torn in the dark

He never sleeps, she never sleeps

In where it’s shallow, where it takes too long

Holdin’ his hand, now, she takes him downstream

In where it’s deeper, where it won’t take long

Holdin’ his hand, now, she takes him down

Dark dream, crocodiles, swim in the Nile, swim in the Nile

They come in the light to meet her nightgown

They rest in the reeds, they rest in the reefs

Birds pick their teeth, they go to sleep

While men still search, while men still search

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