Looka yonder, looka yonder   Looka yonder, a big black cloud come      Yonder on the horizon   Yonder on the horizon   Stopped at the mighty river   Sucked the damn thing dry   Distant thunder rumble   Distant thunder rumble      Rumble hungry like the beast   Beast it cometh, cometh down   Beast it cometh, cometh down   The beast it cometh, cometh down   Tupelo bound, Tupelo, yeah, oh, 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   Oh, God help Tupelo, oh, God help Tupelo      You can say these streets are rivers   You can call these rivers streets   You can tell your self you're dreaming, buddy   But no sleep runs this deep   No, no sleep runs this deep      Oh, God help Tupelo   Oh, God help Tupelo   Oh, God help Tupelo   Oh, God help Tupelo      Oh, go to sleep little children   The sandman's on his way   Oh, go to sleep little children   The sandman's on his way      They listen to the beating of their blood   Listen to the beating of their blood   Sandman's mud, the sandman's mud   The sandman's mud, the sandman's mud      And black rain come down   The black rain come down   Water, water, everywhere   Where no bird can fly no fish can swim   No fish can swim      Until The King is born   Until The King is born in Tupelo   Until The King is born in Tupelo      In a clap board shack with a roof of tin   Where the rain crash down and leaked within   A young mother frozen on a concrete floor   With a bottle and a box and a cradle of straw   Tupelo, oh, Tupelo   With a bottle and a box and a cradle of straw      Saturday gives what Sunday steals   And a child is born on his brothers heels   Sunday morning and the first born dead   In a shoe box tied with a ribbon of red   Tupelo, oh, Tupelo   In a shoe box buried with a ribbon of red      Oh, mama, rock you little one slow   Mama rock your baby   Mama rock your little one slow   God help Tupelo, God help Tupelo      Black rain come down   Black rain come down   And the King will walk on Tupelo   The King will walk on Tupelo      And carry the burden of Tupelo   And carry the burden of Tupelo   And carry the burden of Tupelo   And carry the burden of Tupelo      Tupelo, oh, Tupelo, yeah   King will walk on Tupelo   Hey, hey, hey Tupelo   And carry the burden of Tupelo   Yeah, yeah, yeah Tupelo   And you will reap just what you sow   Oh, oh, yeah, oh Tupelo