Hold my hand Ooh, baby, it's a long way down to the bottom of the river Hold my hand Ooh, baby, it's a long way down, a long way down If you get sleep or if you get none (The cock's gonna call in the morning, baby) And check the cupboard for your daddy's gun (Red sun rises like an early warning) The Lord's gonna come for your first born son (His hair's on fire and his heart is burning) So go to the river where the water runs (Wash him deep where the tides are turning) And if you fall And if you fall Hold my hand Ooh, baby, it's a long way down to the bottom of the river (long way down) Hold my hand Ooh, baby, it's a long way down, a long way down (long way down) The wolves will chase you by the pale moonlight (Drunk and driven by a devil's hunger) Drive your son like a railroad spike (Into the water, let it pull him under) Don't you lift him, let him drown alive (The good Lord speaks like a rolling thunder) Let that fever make the water rise (And let the river run dry) And I said Hold my hand Ooh, baby, it's a long way down to the bottom of the river (long way down) Hold my hand Ooh, baby, it's a long way down, a long way down (long way down) Hold my hand Ooh, baby, it's a long way, a long, long, long way (long way down) Hold my hand Ooh, baby, it's a long way down, a long way down Hold my hand It's a long way to the bottom Hold my hand It's a long way down Hold my hand Hold my hand It's a long way down, a long way down Hold my hand Ooh, baby, it's a long way down Hold my hand Ooh, baby, it's a long way Hold my hand Ooh, baby, it's a long way, a long way down Hold my hand Ooh, baby, it's a long way, a long way down

Will you meet me in the jungle Near the trees that they sawed off I'll be waiting 'till you find me Wipe away your tears and blood Maybe you could take me home Leave the past we have behind Make me flow into the sun Take me with you and free my mind We'll go high to the sky You and i when we die From the bottom of the jungle Only you and i survived I've been dreaming of you down here Just don't break my hungry heart Be the one to set me free Every time i give up on live I won't leave your all-knowing eyes We'll go high to the sky You and i when we die Don't you cry, not tonight Angels' eyes see the light We'll go high to the sky You and i when we die If you wanna go Take me along with you Don't you wanna know What you and i could do, ooh... We'll go high to the sky You and i when we die

You used to be on fire, now you chill me to the bone We used to fly like angels, now we're sinking like a stone You say you're trying to help me but that ain't the way it feels I think you're trying to kill me with those stiletto heels Paint the town black babe and let that pendulum swing I been stabbed in the back babe And if you don't love me, I'll never feel a thing And oh, one thing I know, there's only one place left for me to go Going back to the kingdom of desire Going down to the valley of the gun I'm gonna stand too close to the fire I'm gonna fly too close to the sun They say the king of love sleeps on a velvet bed My sheets feel like sandpaper, and my pillow feels like lead But as sure as Atlantis sank into the sea I'm sinking like a stone babe, that's how it's got to be Paint the town black babe and let that pendulum swing I been stabbed in the back babe And if you don't love me, I'll never feel a thing And oh, if I don't have you, there's only one thing left for me to do When you dig up God's little acre, you lose all peace of mind You stare into the distance, looking for a sign But that sign it never comes babe, your wishes won't come true You keep praying for the rain while the sun beats down on you And oh, one thing I know, there's only one place left for me to go Repeats 2x I'm gonna fly too close to the sun, yeah I'm gonna fly too close to the sun