Tupelo

Looky yonder
Looky yonder
Looky yonder

A big black cloud come

A big black cloud come
Here come to Tupelo
Come to Tupelo

Yonder on the horizon
Yonder on the horizon
Stomped at the mighty river
Sucked the damn thing dry
Distant thunder rumble
Distant thunder rumble
Rumble hungry like the beast
The beast that cometh, cometh down
The beast that cometh, cometh down
The beast that cometh, cometh down

Whoa, Tupelo bound
Tupelo
Hey, hey, hey, Tupelo
The beast that cometh, Tupelo bound

Why the hen won't lay no egg
Can't get that cock to crow
The lag is spooked and crazy
Oh, God of the Tupelo
The God of the Tupelo
You can say these streets are rivers
You can call these rivers streets
You can tell yourself you're dreaming
But even no sleep runs this deep
No, no sleep runs this deep

Oh, God of the Tupelo
Oh, God of the Tupelo
Oh, God of the Tupelo
Oh, God of the Tupelo

Oh, go to sleep little children
The sandman's on his way
Oh, go to sleep little children
The sandman's on his way
They listen to the beating of their blood
They listen to the beating of their blood
The 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
Oh, water, water everywhere
Where no bird can fly
No fish can swim
No fish can swim
Until the king is born
Until the king is born

Tupelo
Hey, hey, hey, Tupelo
Until the king is born in Tupelo

In a cardboard shack with a roof of tin
Where the rain crashed down and leaked within
A young mother froze on a concrete floor
With a bottle and a box and a cradle of straw

Tupelo
Tupelo, yeah

And a bottle and a box and a cradle of straw
A Saturday gives what Sunday steal
And a child is born on a brother's heel
On a Sunday morning of the firstborn day
In a shoebox dyed with a ribbon of red

Tupelo
Tupelo
In a shoebox dyed with a ribbon of red
Oh, mama rock your little one slow
Mama rock your baby
Mama rock your little one slow

God of the Tupelo
God of the Tupelo
And the black rain come down
And black rain come down
And the king will walk on Tupelo
And the king will walk on Tupelo
And carry the burden of Tupelo
And carry the burden of Tupelo
And carry the burden, yeah, of Tupelo
Yeah, carry the burden of Tupelo

Tupelo
Oh, oh yeah
The king will walk on Tupelo
Tupelo
Hey, hey, hey, Tupelo
And carry the burden of Tupelo
Tupelo
Hey, hey, hey, Tupelo

Yeah, you will reap just what you sow
Oh, oh yeah
Tupelo, yeah
Tupelo