Red Right Hand
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
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HmTake a little walk to the edge of town and go across the tracks
Where the Hmviaduct looms like a bird of doom as it shifts and cracks
Where Esecrets lie in the border fires, in the humming wires
Hey man, you know you're never coming back
HPast the square, past the bridge, past the mills, past the stacks
On a F#7gathering storm comes a tall handsome man
In a E7dusty black coat with a red right hand
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He'll Hwrap you in his arms, tell you that you've been a good boy
He'll Hrekindle all the dreams it took you a lifetime to destroy
He'll Ereach deep into the hole, heal your shrinking soul
But there won't be a single thing that you can do
HmHe's a god, he's a man, he's a ghost, he's a guru
They're F#7whispering his name through this disappearing land
But E7hidden in his coat is a red right hand
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You Hdon't have no money, he'll get you some
You Hdon't have no car, he'll get you one
You Edon't have no self-respect, you feel like an insect
Well, don't you worry buddy 'cause here he Hmcomes
HmThrough the ghettos and the barrio and the bowery and the slum
A F#7shadow is cast wherever he stands
E7Stacks of green paper in his red right hand
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HmYou'll see him in your nightmares, you'll see him in your dreams
HeH'll appear out of nowhere but he ain't what he seems
EYou'll see him in your head, on the TV screen
Hey buddy, I'm warning you to turn it off
HHe's a ghost, he's a god, he's a man, he's a guru
You're one F#7microscopic cog in his catastrophic plan
E7Designed and directed by his red right hand
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