Red Right Hand by Nick Cave & Bad Seeds
Take a little walk to the edge of town
Go across the tracks
Where the viaduct looms
Like a bird of doom
As it shifts and cracks
Where secrets lie in the (1)____________ fires
In the (2)______________ wires
Hey man, you know
You're (3)__________ coming back
Past the square, (4)________ the bridge
Past the mills, past the stacks
On a gathering storm comes
A tall handsome man
In a (5)__________ black coat with
A red right hand
He'll (6)________ you in his arms
Tell you that you've been a good boy
He'll rekindle all (7)__________ dreams
It (8)________ you a lifetime to destroy
He'll reach deep (9)________ the hole
Heal (10)________ shrinking soul
Hey buddy, you (11)________ you're
Never (12)________ turning back
He's a ghost, he's a god
He's a man, he's a guru
They're (13)____________________ his name
Through this disappearing land
But hidden in his coat
Is a red (14)__________ hand
You ain't got no money?
He'll get you some
You ain't got no car? He'll get you one
You ain't got no self-respect
You feel like an insect
Well, buddy buddy, don't you worry
Cause (15)________ he comes
Through the (16)______________ and the barrio
And the bowery and the slum
A shadow is cast (17)________________ he stands
Stacks of green paper in his red (18)__________ hand
You'll see him in (19)________ nightmares
You'll see him in your dreams
He'll appear out of nowhere
But he ain't what he seems
You'll see him in your head
On the TV screen
And hey buddy, I'm telling
You to (20)________ it off...
He's a ghost, he's a god
He's a man, he's a guru
You're one (21)______________________ cog
In his catastrophic plan
Designed and directed by his red right hand
Go across the tracks
Where the viaduct looms
Like a bird of doom
As it shifts and cracks
Where secrets lie in the (1)____________ fires
In the (2)______________ wires
Hey man, you know
You're (3)__________ coming back
Past the square, (4)________ the bridge
Past the mills, past the stacks
On a gathering storm comes
A tall handsome man
In a (5)__________ black coat with
A red right hand
He'll (6)________ you in his arms
Tell you that you've been a good boy
He'll rekindle all (7)__________ dreams
It (8)________ you a lifetime to destroy
He'll reach deep (9)________ the hole
Heal (10)________ shrinking soul
Hey buddy, you (11)________ you're
Never (12)________ turning back
He's a ghost, he's a god
He's a man, he's a guru
They're (13)____________________ his name
Through this disappearing land
But hidden in his coat
Is a red (14)__________ hand
You ain't got no money?
He'll get you some
You ain't got no car? He'll get you one
You ain't got no self-respect
You feel like an insect
Well, buddy buddy, don't you worry
Cause (15)________ he comes
Through the (16)______________ and the barrio
And the bowery and the slum
A shadow is cast (17)________________ he stands
Stacks of green paper in his red (18)__________ hand
You'll see him in (19)________ nightmares
You'll see him in your dreams
He'll appear out of nowhere
But he ain't what he seems
You'll see him in your head
On the TV screen
And hey buddy, I'm telling
You to (20)________ it off...
He's a ghost, he's a god
He's a man, he's a guru
You're one (21)______________________ cog
In his catastrophic plan
Designed and directed by his red right hand
Answers:
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