Red Right Hand lyrics
Song information
Artist: Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Album: Best Of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Lyrics
Take a litle walk to the edge of town Go across the tracks Where the viaduct looms Like a bird of doom As it shifts and cracks Where secrets lie in the border fires In the humming wires Hey man, you know You're never coming back Past the square, past the bridge Past the mills, past the stacks On a gathering storm comes A tall handsome man In a dusty black coat with A red right hand
He'll wrap you in his arms Tell you that you've been a good boy He'll rekindle all the dreams It took you a lifetime to destroy He'll reach deep into the hole Heal your shrinking soul But there wont be a single thing That you can do He's a god, he's a man He's a ghost, he's a guru They're whispering his name Through this disappearing land But hidden in his coat Is a red right hand
You don't have no money? He'll get you some You don't have no car? he'll get you one You don't have no self-respect You feel like an insect Well don't you worry buddy Cause here he comes Through the ghettos and the barrio And the bowery and the slum A shadow is cast wherever he stands Stacks of green paper in his Red right hand
(Organ solo)
You'll see him in your nightmares You'll see him in your dreams He'll appear out of nowhere but He ain't what he seems You'll see him in your head On the tv screen And hey buddy, I'm warning You to turn it off He's a ghost, he's a god He's a man, he's a guru You're one microscopic cog In his catastrophic plan Designed and directed by His red right hand
(Organ solo)
Extra verse from dj spooky remix (from scream 2 soundtrack): He'll extend his hand, real slowly for a shake You'll see it coming toward you, real slowly for a shake (Grabbing at your peril buddy?) cause you know you ain't Getting near much as he will take
He's a..
He's mumbling words you can't understand He's mumbling word behind his red right hand
[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]
"Best Of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds" album track list
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