Tupelo

Lyrics for 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