When the rain came falling down On the darkness at the edge of town Where they came to steal the lightning from the sky
The pushing had come to shove And your love might not be enough To free you from the fears that paralyse
Yet they used to love you for the way you sang your soul Now they’ve come to claim you for the night The ghosts have come to steal the light out of your eyes
Well your momma and your wife Cut your heart out with a knife And they left you for the dogs to lick your bones They made you cry the rain But they loved you just the same Before your God, and the devil, took your soul
Tell me what did you bequeath To the girl with the freaky teeth When she showed you things she’d stolen from the queen She took out your heart’s desire Then she danced back into the fire With the holy men who’d stole your tambourine
Yet they used to love you for the way you sang your soul Now they’ve come to claim you for the night The ghosts have come to steal the light out of your eyes
Well your momma and your wife Cut your heart out with a knife And they left you for the dogs to lick your bones They made you cry the rain But they loved you just the same Before your God, and the devil, took your soul [x2]
Before your God, and the devil, took your soul [x3]