High John

Lyrics

(Love make me stutter, make me stutter when I talk) (Love make me stagger, make me stagger when I walk) High John the Conqueror Laughing at the devil At his slapstick dignity And his tolling death knell His stern contempt His misogyny His vertigo His mendacity (Love make me stutter, make me stutter when I talk) (Love make me stagger, make me stagger when I walk) He drew back the curtain And saw there was no Earth Nor was there a universe There was only light And the sound of mercy (Love make me stutter, make me stutter when I talk) (Love make me stagger, make me stagger when I walk) He said, "I'll go to Heaven when the world's on fire I'll trip over the rose and the briar I'll listen to the music in the angel choir" (Love make me stutter, make me stutter when I talk) (Love make me stagger, make me stagger when I walk) Where there is no time And where no one lies Where there is no crime Where no one cries In the land where the soul of a man never dies (Love make me stutter, make me stutter when I talk) (Love make me stagger, make me stagger when I walk) High John the Conqueror Down by the border Fording the river Walking across the water To the very gate of Hell Where anyone can buy and sell Anything on which one can dwell Where the Celebrity-in-Chief comes to grief (Love make me stagger, make me stagger when I walk) (Love make me stutter, make me stutter when I talk) (Love make me stagger, make me stagger when I walk) I was born in Algiers at 12 o'clock at night The moon wasn't shining and there wasn't any light All the dogs were howling someone's gone there is no doubt They don't know who did it and they can't find out I saw a shadow pull off his glove As a bluebird flew into the dark sky above Life's no pleasure unless you're with the one you love Love make me stutter, make me stutter when I talk Love make me stagger, make me stagger when I walk Love make me stutter, make me stutter when I talk Love make me stagger, make me stagger when I walk Love make me stutter, make me stutter when I talk Love make me stagger, make me stagger when I walk It was way last year when my trouble began You went to Louisiana to get a mojo hand And you won't lift the hex till I'm under your command I can never go back into the past For the flood is coming and it's moving fast Now you can break your window and look down on the glass I wanna go home, but I don't have sufficient clothes Last time I went down there I nearly froze Love make me stutter, make me stutter when I talk Love make me stagger, make me stagger when I walk Love make me stutter, make me stutter when I talk Love make me stagger, make me stagger when I walk Love make me stutter, make me stutter when I talk Love make me stagger, make me stagger when I walk Love make me stutter, make me stutter when I talk Love make me stagger, make me stagger when I walk I got a girl in Cuba I got a girl in Spain I got a girl in Dallas I'm afraid to call her name I met a woman there who was vicious and mean I asked her for a drink of water She gave me kerosene I saw her with another man today He was speaking with her in a personal way If I don't leave here, there will be hell to pay Love make me stutter, make me stutter when I talk Love make me stagger, make me stagger when I walk