Lyrics Lucinda Williams

Lucinda Williams

Atonement

Come on, come on

Kill the rats in the gutter

Come on, come on

Sings the voice in the choir

Come on, come on

Bring your father and your mother

Come on, come on

Sing it higher and higher

Shake the clammy hand

Repeat the 23rd psalm

Make you understand

Where it was you went wrong

Voices from tapes

Shouting with twisted tongues

Emotional rape

Hell fire scorched lungs

Come on, come on

Pay close attention to this

Come on, come on

Let me give you something good to eat

Come on, come on

Bite down hard till it sticks between your teeth

Come on, come on

Glory, glory we've killed the beast

Blinded by glittery diamonds

Resting on crooked fingers

Shaded eyes they are the ones

Who'll lead you to your deliverance

From the figure of doom

Force you to understand

Lock you in a room

With a holy roller and a one man band

Come on, come on

Kill the rats in the gutter

Come on, come on

Sings the voice in the choir

Come on, come on

Bring your father and your mother

Come on, come on

Sing it higher and higher

Shake the clammy hand

Repeat the 23rd psalm

Make you understand

Where it was you went wrong

Voices from tapes

Shouting with twisted tongues

Emotional rape

Hell fire scorched lungs

Blinded by glittery diamonds

Resting on crooked fingers

Shaded eyes they are the ones

Who'll lead you to your deliverance

From the figure of doom

Force you to understand

Lock you in a room

With a holy roller and a one man band

Come on, come on

Kill the rats in the gutter

Come on, come on

Sings the voice in the choir

Come on, come on, come on

Bring your father and your mother

Come on, come on, come on

Sing it higher and higher

Come on, come on, come on

Pay close attention to this

Come on, come on

Let me give you something good to eat

Come on, come on

Bite down hard till it sticks between your teeth

Come on, come on

Glory, glory we've killed the beast