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Shank Hill St.
Shovels & Rope

We're buzzing like a locust, vibrating right out of my skin

Pounding on the butcher's wall, somebody come and let me in


There's a black haired woman carrying a rolling pin

But your man's got a secret but she knows where he been


And it'll be a long time before the sun shines on Shank Hill Street again


You see early in the morning before the warm wind of the dawn

She saw a thin man and a shadow make their way across the lawn

There was a rustle, was a razor, and the whisper of a prayer

And the rhythm of the mallet like a heartbeat in the air



And it'll be a long time before the sun shines on Shank Hill Street again


With a handshake like a hammer and a suicide grin

that wooden door creaked open and the butcher man let me in, just like that he let me in

But I wasted not a minute, I was on him like a whip

And for one last minute he'd feel that hot red drip


And it'll be a long time before the sun shines on Shank Hill Street again


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