Train Long-suffering Lyrics

O My O My What a wretched life I was born on the day That my poor mother died I was cut from her belly With a stanley knife My daddy did a jig With the drunk midwife Who's that y...Read Full Lyrics

These lyrics were taken from an edition of The Witness, the Official fan newsletter. Viviane I will love you till the last nail has been driven in Viviane Till we disappear hand ...Read Full Lyrics

Looka yonder! Looka yonder! Looka yonder! A big black cloud come! O comes to Tupelo. Comes to Tupelo. Yonder on the horizon. Stopped at the mighty river and Sucked the damn thing d...Read Full Lyrics

Ah fed Vixo on ev'ry fear 'n' fret 'n' phobia Til it nor ah could stand the strain no longer Sucked a chicken bone, tossed it in the corner Raisin up like Lazaurs, up, up from its ...Read Full Lyrics

All through the night we drove and the wind caught her hair And we parked on the beach in the cool evening air Well sometimes it's better not to say anything at all Yo...Read Full Lyrics

Alice wakes It is morning She is yawning As she walks about the room Her hair falls down her breast She is naked and it is June Standing at the window I wonder if she knows that I...Read Full Lyrics

Printed in J. Silverman, American History Songbook. Nick has sung his version of this song live. [Chorus:] Wade in the water. Wade in the water, children. Wade in the water. God's...Read Full Lyrics

I left by the back door With my wife's lover's smoking gun I don't know what I was hoping for I hit the road at a run I was your lover I was your man There never was no other I was...Read Full Lyrics

They take apart their bodies like toys for the local boys Because they're always there at the edge of the water They come from the capitol, these city girls go way down Where the s...Read Full Lyrics

Tree don’t care what a little bird sings We go down with the due in the morning light The tree don’t know what the little bird brings We go down with the due in the morning And...Read Full Lyrics