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Tupelo

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FmLook yonder! Look yonder!
Look yonder! A big black cloud come!
A big black cloud come!
FmYonder 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
FmDistant 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. YD#eah Tupelo
The Beast it cometh, Tupelo Fmbound
FmWhy 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!
FmYou 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!
FmOh 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-oD#-o!
Til The King is born in FmTupelo!
FmIn 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 TupD#elo!
With a bottle and a box and a cradle oFmf straw
FmSaturday 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 TD#upelo! 
In a shoebox buried with a ribbon of rFmed
FmOh 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! YD#eah Tupelo!
And carry the burFmden of Tupelo
Tupelo-o-o! OD#h Tupelo! Yeah!
The King will walk on FmTupelo!
Tupelo-o-o! D#Oh Tupelo!
He carried the burden out of FmTupelo!
Tupelo-o-o! HD#ey Tupelo!
You will reap just whFmat you sow

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Tupelo

by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

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Look yonder! Look yonder!

Look yonder! A big black cloud come!

A big black cloud come!

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

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!

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

They listen to the beating of their blood

The sandman's mud!

And the black rain come down

The black rain come down

Water water everywhere

Where no bird can fly no fish can swim

No fish can swim

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

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

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