Tupelo

Look yonder! Look yonder! Look yonder! A big black cloud come! A big black cloud come! Yeah come 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-o, O Tupelo In a valley hides a town called Tupelo Distant thunder rumble. Distant thunder rumble Rumble hungry like the Beast The Beast it cometh, cometh down The Beast it cometh, cometh down Woah woah woahhh Tupelo bound. Tupelo-o-o. Yeah 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 crazier Oh God help Tupelo! Oh God help Tupelo! Oh God help Tupelo! Oh 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 Women at their windows Rain crashing on the pane Writing in the frost Tupelo's shame. Tupelo's shame Oh God help Tupelo! Oh God help Tupelo! Oh go to sleep little children The sandmans on his way Oh go to sleep little children The sandmans in 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 They listen to the beating of their blood The sandman's mud! The sandman's mud! And the 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! Tupelo-o-o! Til The King is born in Tupelo! In a clapboard shack with a roof of tin Where the rain came down and leaked within Young mother frozen on a concrete floor With a bottle and a box and a cradle of straw Tupelo-o-o! Oh Tupelo! With a bottle and a box and a cradle of straw Saturday gives what Sunday steals And a child is born at a brothers' heels Come Sunday morning the firstborn dead In a shoebox tied with a ribbon of red Tupelo-o-o! Hey Tupelo! In a shoebox buried with a ribbon of red Oh the mama rock you little one slow Mama rock your baby Mama rock your little one slow God help Tupelo! God help Tupelo! Mama rock your little one slow The little one will walk on Tupelo The little one will walk on Tupelo Black rain come down, Black rain come down Tupelo-o-o! Yeah Tupelo! And carry the burden of Tupelo Tupelo-o-o! Oh Tupelo! Yeah! The King will walk on Tupelo! Tupelo-o-o! Oh Tupelo! He carried the burden out of Tupelo! Tupelo-o-o! Hey Tupelo! You will reap just what you sow