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| Up Jumped The Devil | |
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Musik: Cave, Harvey, Wolf, Bargeld, Wydler, Powers Text: Cave Erschienen auf: - Tender Prey Übersetzungen: - Deutsch (Hoch sprang der Teufel) - Englisch-Deutsch - Nur Originaltext anzeigen Die Übersetzung ins Deutsche wurde von Benutzern von nick-cave.net erstellt, und wird im Forum diskutiert. Klicke hier, um zu ihrer Verbesserung beizutragen. | O my O my What a wretched life I was born on the day that my poor mamma died I was cut from her belly with a Stanley knife My daddy did a jig with the drunk midwife Who's that yonder all in flames Dragging behind him a sack of chains Who's that yonder all in flames Well, up jumped the Devil and he staked his claim On me O poor heart I was doomed from the start Doomed to play the villain's part I was the baddest johnny in the apple cart My blood was blacker than the chambers of a dead nun's heart Who's that milling round the courthouse steps Nailing my face to the hitching fence Who's that milling round the courthouse steps Up jumped the Devil and off we crept O no O no Where could I go With my hump of trouble And my sack of woe To the digs and the deserts of Mexico Where my neck was safe from the lynching rope Who's that yonder laughing at me Like I was the brunt of some hilarity Who's that yonder laughing at me Well, up jumped the Devil 1,2,3 Ha-ha, ha-ha How lucky we were We hit the cathouses Then we sampled their wares We got as drunk as a couple of Czars One night I swallowed my lucky star Who's that dancing on the jailhouse roof Stamping on the ramping with a cloven hoof Who's that dancing on the jailhouse roof Up jumped the Devil and said 'Here is your man and I got the proof' O no O no Don't go O slow down, Joe The righteous path is straight as an arrow Take a walk And you'll find it's too narrow Too narrow for the likes of me Who's that hanging from the gallow tree His eyes are plucked but he looks like me Who's that swinging from the gallow tree Up jumped the Devil and he took my soul from me Down we go (7x) The Devil and me Down we go (6x) To Eternity Down we go |
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