Lyrics:

Lookee yonder! Lookee yonder!
Lookee yonder, a big black cloud come!
A big black cloud come!
Yeah, come to Tupelo, come to Tupelo

Yonder on the horizon
Yonder on the horizon
Stopped at the mighty river
Stopped at the mighty river and
Sucked the damn thing dry
Sucked the damn thing dry
Tupelo, O Tupelo!
In a valley hides a town called Tupelo

Distant thunder rumble
Distant thunder rumble
Rumble hungry like the Beast
The Beast it cometh, cometh down
The Beast it cometh, cometh down
The Beast it cometh, cometh down
Whoa, Tupelo-bound
Tupelo, O Tupelo!
The Beast it cometh, Tupelo-bound

Why the hen won't lay no egg
Can't get that cock to crow
The nag is spooked and crazy
O God help Tupelo! O God help Tupelo!
O God help Tupelo! O God help Tupelo!

You can say these streets are rivers
You can call these rivers streets
You can tell yourself you're dreaming, buddy
But no sleep runs this deep
No! No sleep runs this deep
No! No sleep runs this deep
Women at their window
Rain crashing on the pane
Writing in the frost
Tupelo's shame, Tupelo's shame
Tupelo's shame, Tupelo's shame
O God help Tupelo! O God help Tupelo!
O God help Tupelo! O God help Tupelo!

O go to sleep little children
The sandman's on his way
O go to sleep little children
The sandman's on his way
But the little children know
But the little children know
They listen to the beating of their blood
Listen to the beating of their blood
Listen to the beating of their blood
Listen to the beating of their blood
The sandman's mud! The sandman's mud!
The sandman's mud! The sandman's mud!

And the black rain come down
The black rain come down
The black rain come down
Water, water everywhere
Water, water everywhere
Where no bird can fly, no fish can swim
No bird can fly, no fish can swim
No fish can swim
Until the King is born!
Until the King is born!
In Tupelo! In Tupelo!
Till the King is born in Tupelo!

In a clapboard shack with a roof of tin
Where the rain crashed down and leaked within
A young mother frozen on a concrete floor
With a bottle and a box and a cradle of straw
Tupelo, O Tupelo!
With a bottle and a box and a cradle of straw

Saturday gives what Sunday steals
And a child is born on a brother's heels
Sunday morning the first-born dead
In a shoebox tied with a ribbon of red
Tupelo, O Tupelo!
In a shoebox buried with a ribbon of red

O Mama, rock your little one slow
Mama, rock your baby
Mama, rock your little one slow
God help Tupelo! God help Tupelo!
Mama, rock your little one slow
Mama, rock your little one slow
The little one will walk on Tupelo
The little one will walk on Tupelo

Black rain come down
Black rain come down
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The King will walk on Tupelo!
The King will walk on Tupelo!
Tupelo, O Tupelo!
And carry the burden of Tupelo
And carry the burden of Tupelo
Carry the burden of Tupelo
Tupelo, O Tupelo!
The King will walk on Tupelo!
Tupelo, Tupelo, O Tupelo!
The King will walk on Tupelo!
O Tupelo, O Tupelo!
The King will walk on Tupelo!
Tupelo, O Tupelo!
He carried the burden of Tupelo
Tupelo, O Tupelo!
He carried the burden of Tupelo
Tupelo, O Tupelo!
Hey, Tupelo
He carried the burden of Tupelo
Yeah, Tupelo
You will reap just what you sow