Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds — Tupelo

[Verse 1] Looka yonder! Looka yonder! Looka yonder! A big black cloud come! A big black cloud come! Yeah comes to Tupelo. Comes 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 Sucked the damn thing dry (Tupelo) Oh Tupelo In a valley hides a town called Tupelo [Verse 2] 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 Wo wo wo-o-o Tupelo bound Yeah, oh, Tupelo The Beast it cometh, Tupelo bound Why the hen will lay no egg Can't get that cock to crow The nag is spooked and crazy Oh God help Tupelo Oh God help Tupelo Oh God help Tupelo Oh God help Tupelo [Verse 3] Ya can say these streets are rivers Ya can call these rivers streets Ya can tell ya self ya dreaming, buddy But no sleep runs this deep No, no sleep runs this deep No sleep runs this deep Women at their windows Rain crashing on the pane Writing in the frost Tupelos' shame, tupelo's shame Tupelos' shame, tupelo's shame Oh God help Tupelo Oh God help Tupelo Oh God help Tupelo Oh God help Tupelo [Verse 4] Oh go to sleep lil children The Sandman's on his way Oh go to sleep lil children The Sandman's in his way But the lil children know But the lil 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 The sandman's mud The sandman's mud The sandman's mud The sandman's mud And the black rain come down The black rain come down The black rain come down Oh water water everywhere 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 (Tupelo) Yep, Tupelo Til The King is born in Tupelo [Verse 5] 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 In a bottle and a box and a cradle of straw (Tupelo) Oh Tupelo In a bottle and a box and a cradle of straw Saturday gives what Sunday steals And a child is born on his brother's heels Sunday morn the first-born dead In a shoebox tied with a ribbon of red (Tupelo) Oh Tupelo In a shoebox buried with a ribbon of red Oh 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 The King will walk on Tupelo The King will walk on Tupelo (Tupelo) And carry the burden of Tupelo And carry the burden of Tupelo And carry the burden of Tupelo And carry the burden of Tupelo (Tupelo) Oh Tupelo Yeah, the King will walk on Tupelo Tupelo, Tupelo The King will walk on Tupelo! (Tupelo) Oh Tupelo Oh Tupelo Yeah, the King will walk on Tupelo (Tupelo) Yeah, oh Tupelo He carried the burden of Tupelo (Tupelo) Yeah, yeah Tupelo He carried the burden of Tupelo (Tupelo) Hey, hey, hey Tupelo He carried the burden of Tupelo (Tupelo) Yeah, yeah, yeah Tupelo You will reap just what you sow Yeah, oh Tupelo