Demon John - Jeff Buckley

Say farewell, g’night, Sonny-Jim

In your defenseless, winning smile

What do you hope to win?

And bliss face down, defended

Well, now stoned Demon John

There’s no town the boy cannot belong

Why did you come here?

Is it to excavate all your sins?

Boil within?

Slaughter like the daughter of the devil you send me

I have to deal, you called me here

You couldn’t say that you were juiced

The night that you were introduced

To Demon John

Gonna take him with you when you go?

Dance down slow.

Oh, way down

You cannot escape the bar-side angel dissector

You undo you life with too much cocoon

Who’s your protector?

Dark is the city where the white girls walk by

Down below your eyes, just like fireflies

You call me here, come on here, follow me dear

Past cascades of rage and fear

You called me here

You couldn’t say that you had been juiced

The time that you were introduced to Demon John

Well, you knew you had to want to go, dance down slow

By the light of the sun, murder comes

Today or tonight

Better get yourself and transcend it

Or burst of light

Blaze stars into me

While the love breaks through here and now

So, murder by the light of the sun

Please don’t get too close to me

You said you are for real, it’s not pretend

All memories stolen, know this for yourself

How would you like to be the happiest man in the world?

Behind the weathered field hands, whose blistered

Paws

Harvest cut, for wedding clothes they’ll never wear

Marching down a road that was never there

It takes place on a sunlit face and the backbone broken

Please bring us light, Demon John, You Demon John

Take him with you when you go