Saint Huck
Nick Cave
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Born of the river Born of its never-changing, never-changing murky water Huck standing like a Saint, upon its deck If ya wanna catch a Saint Then bait ya hook, let's take a walk "Oh come to me, oh come to me" Is what the dirty say to Huck Huck Whoa-whoa, whoa whoa Saint Huck. Huck Straight in the arms of the city goes Huck Down the heckoning streets of opportunity Whistling his favorite river-song And a bad-bline-n*gger at the piano Buts a sinister-bloo-lilt to that sing-a-long Huck senses something's wrong! Sirens wail in the city And lil Ulysses turn to putty Ol' man River's got a bone to pick Our boys hardly got a bone to suck He go, woah-woah, woah woah! Saint Huck, Huck The mo-o-o-on, its huge cycloptic eye Watches the city streets contract Twist and cripple and crack Saint Huck goes on a dog's-leg now Saint Huck goes on a dog's-leg now Why, you know the story Ya wake up one morning and ya find your a thug Blowing smoke rings in some dive Ya fingers hot and itching, cracking ya knuckles Ya bull neck bristling Still Huck he ventures on whistling And Death reckons Huckleberry's time is up O whoa whoa whoa! Saint Huck! Huck! Yonder go Huck, minus pocket-watch an' wallet gone Skin shrinks wraps his skeleton No wonder he got thinner, not, with his cold and skinny dinners Saint Huck-a-Saint Elvis, Saint Huck-a-Saint Elvis O you recall the song ya used to sing-a-long Shifting the river-trade on that ol' steamer Life is only a dream But ya trade in the Mighty ol' man River For the Dirty ol' Man Latrine! The brothel shift The hustle and the bustle and the green-backs rustle And all the sexy-cash And the randy-cars And the two dollar fucks O o o ya onto luck, onto luck Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa Saint Huck, Huck
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