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I went out walking the other day<br />The wind hung wet around my neck<br />My head it rung with screams and groans<br />From the night I spent amongst her bones<br />I passed beside the mission house<br />Where that mad old buzzard, the reverend,<br />Shrieked and flapped about life after your dead<br />Well, I thought about my friend, Michel<br />How they rolled him in linoleum<br />And shot him in the neck<br />A bloody halo, like a think-bubble<br />Circling his head<br />And I bellowed at the firmament<br />Looks like the rains are hear to stay<br />And the rain pissed down upon me<br />And washed me all away<br />Saying<br /><br /><br />Papa won't leave you, Henry<br />Papa won't leave you, Boy<br />Papa won't leave you, Henry<br />Papa won't leave you, Boy<br />Well, the road is long<br />And the road is hard<br />And many fall by the side<br />But Papa won't leave you, Henry<br />So there ain't no need to cry<br /><br /><br />And I went on down the road<br />He went on down the road<br />And I went on down the road<br />He went on down the road<br /><br /><br />Well, the moon it looked exhausted<br />Like something you should pity<br />Spent an age-spotted<br />Above the sizzling wires of the city<br />Well, it reminded me of her face<br />Her bleached and hungry eyes<br />Her hair was like a curtain<br />Falling open with the laughter<br />And closing with the lies<br />But the ghost of her still lingers on<br />Though she's passed through me<br />And is gone<br />The slum dogs, they are barking<br />And the rain children on the streets<br />And the tears that we will weep today<br />Will all be washed away<br />By the tears that we will weep again tomorrow<br /><br /><br />Papa won't leave you, Henry<br />Papa won't leave you, Boy<br />Papa won't leave you, Henry<br />Papa won't leave you, Boy<br />For the road is long<br />And the road is hard<br />And many fall by the side<br />But Papa won't leave you, Henry<br />So there ain't no need to cry<br /><br /><br />And I went on down the road<br />He went on down the road<br />And I went on down the road<br />He went on down the road<br /><br /><br />And I came upon a little house<br />A little house upon a hill<br />And I entered through, the curtain hissed<br />Into the house with its blood-red bowels<br />Where wet-lipped women with greasy fists<br />Crawled the ceilings and the walls<br />They filled me full of drink<br />And led me round the rooms<br />Naked and cold and grinning<br />Until everything went black<br />And I came down spinning<br />I awoke so drunk and full of rage<br />That I could hardly speak<br />A fag in a whale-bone corset<br />Draping his dick across my cheek<br />And its into the shame<br />And its into a guilt<br />And its into the fucking fray<br />And the walls ran red around me<br />A warm arterial spray<br />Saying<br /><br /><br />Papa won't leave you, Henry<br />Papa won't leave you, Boy<br />Papa won't leave you, Henry<br />Papa won't leave you, Boy<br />Well, the night is dark<br />And the night is deep<br />And its jaws are open wide<br />But Papa won't leave you, Henry<br />So there ain't no need to cry<br /><br /><br />And I went on down the road<br />He went on down the road<br />And I went on down the road<br />He went on down the road<br /><br /><br />It's the rainy season where I'm living<br />Death comes leaping out of every doorway<br />Wasting you for money, for your clothes<br />And for your nothing<br />Entire towns being washed away<br />Favelas exploding on inflammable spillways<br />Lynch-mobs, death squads, babies being born without brains<br />The mad heat and the relentless rains<br />And if you stick your arm into that hole<br />It comes out shread off to the bone<br />And with her kisses bubbling on my lips<br />I swiped the rain and nearly missed<br />And I went on down the road<br />He went on down the road<br />Singing<br /><br /><br />Papa won't leave you, Henry<br />Papa won't leave you, Boy<br />Papa won't leave you, Henry<br />Papa won't leave you, Boy<br />Well, the road is long<br />And the road is hard<br />And many fall by the side<br />But Papa won't leave you, Henry<br />So there ain't no need to cry<br /><br /><br />And I went on down the road<br />He went on down the road<br />And I went on down the road<br />He went on down the road<br />Bent Beneath my heavy load<br />Under his heavy load<br />Yeah, I went on down the road<br />Yeah, he went on down the road<br /><br /><br />Woah, woah<br />Woah, woah<br />Woah, woah<br />Woah, woah<br />And I went on down that road
New song lyrics
I went out walking the other day<br />The wind hung wet around my neck<br />My head it rung with screams and groans<br />From the night I spent amongst her bones<br />I passed beside the mission house<br />Where that mad old buzzard, the reverend,<br />Shrieked and flapped about life after your dead<br />Well, I thought about my friend, Michel<br />How they rolled him in linoleum<br />And shot him in the neck<br />A bloody halo, like a think-bubble<br />Circling his head<br />And I bellowed at the firmament<br />Looks like the rains are hear to stay<br />And the rain pissed down upon me<br />And washed me all away<br />Saying<br /><br /><br />Papa won't leave you, Henry<br />Papa won't leave you, Boy<br />Papa won't leave you, Henry<br />Papa won't leave you, Boy<br />Well, the road is long<br />And the road is hard<br />And many fall by the side<br />But Papa won't leave you, Henry<br />So there ain't no need to cry<br /><br /><br />And I went on down the road<br />He went on down the road<br />And I went on down the road<br />He went on down the road<br /><br /><br />Well, the moon it looked exhausted<br />Like something you should pity<br />Spent an age-spotted<br />Above the sizzling wires of the city<br />Well, it reminded me of her face<br />Her bleached and hungry eyes<br />Her hair was like a curtain<br />Falling open with the laughter<br />And closing with the lies<br />But the ghost of her still lingers on<br />Though she's passed through me<br />And is gone<br />The slum dogs, they are barking<br />And the rain children on the streets<br />And the tears that we will weep today<br />Will all be washed away<br />By the tears that we will weep again tomorrow<br /><br /><br />Papa won't leave you, Henry<br />Papa won't leave you, Boy<br />Papa won't leave you, Henry<br />Papa won't leave you, Boy<br />For the road is long<br />And the road is hard<br />And many fall by the side<br />But Papa won't leave you, Henry<br />So there ain't no need to cry<br /><br /><br />And I went on down the road<br />He went on down the road<br />And I went on down the road<br />He went on down the road<br /><br /><br />And I came upon a little house<br />A little house upon a hill<br />And I entered through, the curtain hissed<br />Into the house with its blood-red bowels<br />Where wet-lipped women with greasy fists<br />Crawled the ceilings and the walls<br />They filled me full of drink<br />And led me round the rooms<br />Naked and cold and grinning<br />Until everything went black<br />And I came down spinning<br />I awoke so drunk and full of rage<br />That I could hardly speak<br />A fag in a whale-bone corset<br />Draping his dick across my cheek<br />And its into the shame<br />And its into a guilt<br />And its into the fucking fray<br />And the walls ran red around me<br />A warm arterial spray<br />Saying<br /><br /><br />Papa won't leave you, Henry<br />Papa won't leave you, Boy<br />Papa won't leave you, Henry<br />Papa won't leave you, Boy<br />Well, the night is dark<br />And the night is deep<br />And its jaws are open wide<br />But Papa won't leave you, Henry<br />So there ain't no need to cry<br /><br /><br />And I went on down the road<br />He went on down the road<br />And I went on down the road<br />He went on down the road<br /><br /><br />It's the rainy season where I'm living<br />Death comes leaping out of every doorway<br />Wasting you for money, for your clothes<br />And for your nothing<br />Entire towns being washed away<br />Favelas exploding on inflammable spillways<br />Lynch-mobs, death squads, babies being born without brains<br />The mad heat and the relentless rains<br />And if you stick your arm into that hole<br />It comes out shread off to the bone<br />And with her kisses bubbling on my lips<br />I swiped the rain and nearly missed<br />And I went on down the road<br />He went on down the road<br />Singing<br /><br /><br />Papa won't leave you, Henry<br />Papa won't leave you, Boy<br />Papa won't leave you, Henry<br />Papa won't leave you, Boy<br />Well, the road is long<br />And the road is hard<br />And many fall by the side<br />But Papa won't leave you, Henry<br />So there ain't no need to cry<br /><br /><br />And I went on down the road<br />He went on down the road<br />And I went on down the road<br />He went on down the road<br />Bent Beneath my heavy load<br />Under his heavy load<br />Yeah, I went on down the road<br />Yeah, he went on down the road<br /><br /><br />Woah, woah<br />Woah, woah<br />Woah, woah<br />Woah, woah<br />And I went on down that road
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