In the Ghetto Lyrics

Jangling JackGoes yackety yackVisits the home of the braveHails a fat yellow cabJack wanna celebrateJack wanna big drinkDriver drops him at a barCalled The Rinky DinkJack pushes th...Read Full Lyrics

A grief came riding on the windUp the southern river ThamesI was sitting on the bank with my mouth openAnd I felt it enteringI began thinking about our wedding dayAnd how love was ...Read Full Lyrics

Oh yeah, yeahYes well, well, wellYes well, well, wellYes well, well, wellI took a walk down to the portWhere strangers meet and do consortAll blinkered with desireAnd a winter fog ...Read Full Lyrics

I don't believe in an interventionist GodBut I know, darling, that you doBut if I did, I would kneel down and ask HimNot to intervene when it came to youOh, not to touch a hair on ...Read Full Lyrics

Yeah, my baby left me this morningAnd I don't care now, I don't care what the people sayYeah, my baby left me this morning, oh LordAnd I don't care now, I don't care what the peopl...Read Full Lyrics

There's a picture of Jesus lying in his mother's armsShuttered windows, cars humming on the street belowThe fountain throbbed in the lobby of the Grand HotelWe checked into...Read Full Lyrics

Pass me that lovely little gunMy dear, my darling oneThe cleaners are coming, one by oneYou don't even want to let them startThey're knocking now upon your doorThey measure the roo...Read Full Lyrics

Looka yonderLooka yonderLooka yonderA big black cloud comeA big black cloud comeOh, comes to TupeloComes to TupeloYonder on the horizonYonder on the horizonStopped at the mighty ri...Read Full Lyrics

Stay by me, stay by meYou are the one, my only true loveThe butcherbird makes its noiseAnd it asks you to agreeWith its brutal nesting habitsAnd its pointless savageryNow, the nigh...Read Full Lyrics

One morn I awakenedA new sun was shiningThe sky was a KingdomAll covered in bloodThe moon and the starsWhere the troops that lay conqueredLike fruit left to witherPoor spiritual fo...Read Full Lyrics