Orpheus Descending Songtext
von John Mellencamp

Well, you can′t go here, and you can't go there
The police say, "You can′t go anywhere"
Can't make it up to heaven, we got no place to land
Guns and war, and clubs in their hand

Do you think we'll see the light before the blood hits the street?
I don′t care what they say
If there′s a will, there's got to be a way
If there′s a will, there's always a fucking way


There′s a broke-down shack out on Alabaster Street
Take a streetcar named Desire if you can take the heat
There's a yellow-haired snake that can get us in for free
With her gaslight stories and a body like you wouldn′t believe

Do you think we'll see the light before the blood hits the street?
I don't care what they say
If there′s a will, there′s got to be a way
If there's a will, there′s always a fucking way

We got a weasel in the pot, filthy romance all around
Orpheus is descending on the hellish side of town
Let's try to get ourselves a front row seat
Orpheus and what′s-her-name, this is gonna be sweet


Darkness has found us with the blood up to our knees
I don't care what they say
If there′s a will, there's got to be a way
If there's a will, there′s always a fucking way