The Devil's Harp Songtext
von The Barr Brothers

I tuned the devil′s harp, it was the last thing that I heard
Before I walked the stretch of road between Nagoya and absurd
I meant to find my lover there
But I found a little bird
She sang me how the world was made, I hung on every word

She told me why the rabbit cries and why some stars were red
She told me where the doper goes to lay his weary head
And that the world was incomplete
And the king would soon be dead
She offered me her wing that night, I took the road instead

Maybe I'm mad, baby
Maybe I′m falling from the poplar tree
Carry me back, baby


With borrowed pride I could not hide, I grew a sailors beard
And as I walked to my innocence my leaves disappeared
Rented a room upon the hill
Where a marble cat appeared
He showed me where the fire was and I had nothing to fear

For all god's good and brotherhood, we drank 'til I was crowned
Then a lady from the Everglades pulled my ass up off the ground
She kissed me four times on the cheek
And once upon the brow
For a moment I believed that I had come for what I found

Now I sit alone with all the cracks in my guitar
For all the miles I′ve put behind I haven′t come that far
But we are all compelled to look
For the wind inside a jar

Maybe I'm mad, baby
Maybe I′m falling from the poplar tree
Carry me back, baby

Maybe I'm mad, baby
Maybe I′m falling from the poplar tree
Carry me back, baby