burying ground

Mark Lanegan

I have been up, Lord, Lord, I ve been down
Feel like I m headed to that burying ground
I ve been up, Lord, Lord, I ve been down
Feel like I m headed to that cold burying ground

I told you once, baby, I told you twice
I ain t the kind of man who ll be a sacrifice
I been bent and I been broken
So bent and broken that I didn t feel no pain
Told you once, twice, three times over
Told you there s a devil child up upon my shoulder

Don t stand in my shadow, woman, don t you shake my tree
Don t rattle my chain, girl, and don t you Judas me
So far up, Lord, so far down
Long black car to drive me to that burying ground

I ve seen things could make a grown man cry
Been so high, I couldn t get no higher
Call for the doctor, I feel like I m dying
Call for the doctor, now I know I m bound to die

I stayed awake for six nights running
I ve been awake six nights in a row
Now I can see them, six white horses
Come to take me where I sure don t wanna go

I been down, down to the jailhouse
I been down, down to the church
I been down so deep in darkness
So far down in darkness that the sun don t ever shine

I ve been up, Lord, Lord, I ve been down
Feel like I m headed to that ice cold burying ground

Baby, please tell my brothers
Tell them that I m sorry for the things that I have done
And baby, please take this letter
Take it to my father when I m in the burying ground

I ve been up, Lord, Lord, I ve been down
Feel like I m headed to that cold burying ground
I ve been up, Lord, Lord, I ve been down
Feel like I m headed to that ice cold burying ground

Been up, been down
Feel like I m headed to that burying ground
So far up, Lord, so far down
Feel like I m headed to that ice cold burying ground