Born of the riverBorn of its ever changing, never changing murky waterOh riverboat just rollin' along through the great, great greasy cityHuck standing like a Saint upon its deckWell, you wanna catch a Saint, then bait ya hook, let's take a walkOh come to me, oh come to meIs what the dirty city say to Huck, HuckSaint Huck, HuckStraight in the arms of the city goes HuckDown the beckonin' streets of opportunityAnd a whistling his favorite river songAnd a bad blind nigger at the pianoPuts a sinister blue lilt into that sing alongHuck senses somthing's wrongSirens wail in the cityAnd little Ulysses turn to puttyAnd Ol' Man River's got a bone to pickAnd our boy's hardly got a bone to suckHe goesSaint Huck, yeah HuckThe moon, its huge cycloptic eye watches the city streets contractTwist and cripple and crackSaint Huck goes on a dog's leg nowSaint Huck goes on a dog's leg nowYou know the storyYou wake up one morning and you find you're a thugBlowing smoke rings in some diveYa fingers hot and itchin', ya cracking ya knucklesYa bull neck bristling, still Huck he ventures on whistlingAnd death reckons Huckleberry's time is upAnd Saint Huck, yeah HuckSaint HuckYonder go Huck minus pocket watch an' wallet goneSkin shrink wraps his skeletonNo wonder he gets thinner what with his cold and skinny dinnersOh, Saint Huck, a Saint Elvis HuckSaint Huck, a Saint Elvis HuckAnd you recall that song you used to sing alongShifting the river trade on that ol' steamer, life is but a dreamerBut ya traded in the mighty ol' man river for the dirty ol' man latrineThe brothel shift, the hustle 'n' the bustle and the green backs rustleAnd all the sexy cash and the randy cars and the two dollar fucksYou outta luck, you outta luckSaint Huck, yeah, yeah, HuckThis is the track of deception leads to the heart of despairHuck whistles like he just don't careBut in the pocket of the jacket is a chamberLead pellets sleeps in there, wake upNow Huck whistles and he kneels and he lays down thereSee you Huck, good luckA smoke ring hovers above his headAnd the rats and the dogs and the men all comeAnd put a bullet through his eyeAnd the drip and the drip and the drip of the Mississippi cryin'And Saint Huck hears his old Mississippi just rollin' by himSaint Huck, Saint Huck, Saint Huck, Saint HuckSaint Huck, Saint Huck, Saint Huck, Saint Huck
Lyrics by Nick Cave & The Bad Seed
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