Stranger Than Kindness Lyrics

I went out walking the other dayThe heat hung wet around my neckMy head it rung with screams and groansFrom the night I spent amongst her bonesAnd I passed beside the mission house...Read Full Lyrics

Go son, go down to the waterAnd see the women weeping thereThen go up into the mountainsThe men, they are all weeping too Father, why are all the women weeping?They are all weeping...Read Full Lyrics

It was back in '32 when times were hardHe had a Colt forty-five and a deck of cardsStagger Lee He wore rat-drawn shoes and an old stetson hatHad a '28 Ford, had payments on thatSta...Read Full Lyrics

Through the windswept coastal treesWhere the dead come rising from the seaWith a teddy-bear clamped between her kneesShe says, where can my loverman be?Well, I'm down here, babe, w...Read Full Lyrics

When I came up from out of the meat-lockerThe city was goneThe sky's full of lightsThe snow provides a silent coverIn Moonland, under the starsUnder the snow and I followed this ca...Read Full Lyrics

I live in a town called MillhavenAnd it's small and it's mean and it's coldBut if you come around just as the sun goes downYou can watch the whole thing turn to goldIt's around abo...Read Full Lyrics

I got a womanShe rules my house with an iron fistI got a womanShe rules my house with an iron fistShe screams out Jack the RipperEvery time I try to give that girl a kissI got a wo...Read Full Lyrics

Tell me how long's the train been gone?Tell me how long's the train been gone?And was she there?And was she there?Tell me how long's the train been gone?Tell me how many coaches lo...Read Full Lyrics

When I first came to townAll the people gathered roundThey bought me drinksOh Lord, how they quickly changed their tuneWhen I first came to townPeople took me round from end to end...Read Full Lyrics

Down the road I look and there runs MaryHair of gold and lips like cherriesWe go down to the river where the willows weepTake a naked root for a lovers seatThat rose out of the bit...Read Full Lyrics