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Take a litle walk to the edge of town
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Go across the tracks
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Where the viaduct looms,
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like a bird of doom
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As it shifts and cracks
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Where secrets lie in the border fires,
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in the humming wires
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Hey man, you know
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you're never coming back
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Past the square, past the bridge,
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past the mills, past the stacks
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On a gathering storm comes
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a tall handsome man
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In a dusty black coat with
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a red right hand
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He'll wrap you in his arms,
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tell you that you've been a good boy
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He'll rekindle all the dreams
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it took you a lifetime to destroy
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He'll reach deep into the hole,
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heal your shrinking soul
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Hey buddy, you know you're
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never ever coming back
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He's a god, he's a man,
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he's a ghost, he's a guru
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They're whispering his name
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through this disappearing land
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But hidden in his coat
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is a red right hand
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You ain't got no money?
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He'll get you some
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You ain't got no car? He'll get you one
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You ain't got no self-respect,
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you feel like an insect
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Well don't you worry buddy,
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cause here he comes
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Through the ghettos and the barrio
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and the bowery and the slum
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A shadow is cast wherever he stands
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Stacks of green paper in his
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red right hand
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(Organ solo)
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You'll see him in your nightmares,
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you'll see him in your dreams
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He'll appear out of nowhere but
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he ain't what he seems
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You'll see him in your head,
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on the TV screen
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And hey buddy, I'm warning
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you to turn it off
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He's a ghost, he's a god,
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he's a man, he's a guru
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You're one microscopic cog
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in his catastrophic plan
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Designed and directed by
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his red right hand
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(Organ solo)
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Extra verse from DJ Spooky Remix (From Scream 2 Soundtrack):
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He'll extend his hand, real slowly for a shake
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You'll see it coming toward you, real slowly for a shake
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(Grabbing at your peril buddy?) cause you know you ain't
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getting near much as he will take.
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He's a...
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He's mumbling words you can't understand
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He's mumbling word behind his red right hand.
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Red Right Hand
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Nick Cave |