[Intro – Klopfen auf Holz und Stein, langsam] Knock… knock… knock… (Holz) Tap… tap… (Stein) Leises, trauriges Pfeifen – eine einsame Melodie, die in der Grube hallt [Verse 1 – gesungen, brüchig, kehlig] Down in the dark where the cold earth bites knock… knock… A three-legged dog counts the fading light tap… tap… Fell through the brambles, never saw the drop knock… Now the walls are too steep and the climbing’s stopped Stille, nur ein Atemzug [Pre-Chorus – leise, fast gesprochen] So I lift my graying muzzle high… Pfeifen, drei traurige Töne …and sing my life to the empty sky [Chorus – Stimme allein, langsam, jede Zeile hallt nach] Oh, I was born to a mother with a golden coat tap… tap… tap… (Stein) She gave me the road and a wanderer’s throat knock… knock… (Holz) A drunk in a truck took my left hind leg Stille… langer Pfiff, fallend But I crawled from the ditch, I never had to beg tap… tap… I loved Lady Sue with her one floppy ear knock… knock… knock… We had eight little pups, and I held them near tap… Now I’m singing my story down a hole so deep Pfeifen, zitternd Lord, if I go, let the coyotes weep knock… knock… knock… tap… Stille [Verse 2 – sehr leise, stockend] I remember the milk-warm days tap… tap… Nestled in a barn, before the haze knock… My mama said, Boy, the world’s hard and wide tap… tap… But you got a heart that don’t know how to hide Pfeifen, eine Tonfolge, die nach oben fragt und abbricht [Pre-Chorus] Then one rainy night, headlights swerved and screamed… Klopfen schneller, unregelmäßig – panisch …woke up bleeding, short a leg and a dream Stille, nur ein leiser Pfiff, der verhallt [Chorus – noch langsamer, Stimme brüchig] Oh, I was born to a mother with a golden coat tap… tap… She gave me the road and a wanderer’s throat knock… A drunk in a truck took my left hind leg tap… But I crawled from the ditch, I never had to beg Pfeifen, leise und lang I loved Lady Sue with her one floppy ear knock… knock… We had eight little pups, and I held them near tap… tap… tap… Now I’m singing my story down a hole so deep Pfeifen – eine fallende Linie, wie ein Seufzer Lord, if I go, let the coyotes weep knock… knock… knock… tap… [Bridge – nur Stimme und langsames Klopfen auf Stein, monoton] Tap… tap… tap… tap… Lady Sue found me by the junkyard fence tap… tap… She licked my wounds and I’ve loved her since tap… tap… Eight wild pups, all with her mismatched eyes tap… We roamed the backroads under painted skies Stille I taught them to run on four legs and three tap… tap… tap… And they’d look at their daddy like a king to be Pfeifen, ein einziges hohes, langes C, das verklingt [Verse 3 – sehr leise, fast ein Flüstern] Now the hole is my cathedral knock… (Holz) The dirt my pew knock… And every verse I sing is true tap… tap… Maybe someone will hear the sound tap… tap… tap… And pull a three-legged sinner from the ground Pfeifen – hoffnungsvoll, dann in sich zusammenfallend [Outro – nur Pfeifen und Klopfen, langsamer werdend] Knock… knock… … knock… … … knock… Tap… … … tap… Leises Pfeifen, die Melodie vom Anfang, bricht ab Ein letzter Atemzug Stille
