[00:17.23]Take a little walk to the edge of town[00:21.17]Go across the tracks[00:25.00]Where the viaduct looms Like a bird of doom[00:28.69]As it shifts and cracks[00:33.47]Where secrets lie in the border fires[00:37.21]In the humming wires[00:39.76]Hey man, you know You're never coming back[00:43.53]Past the square, past the bridge[00:44.49]Past the mills, past the stacks[00:46.51]On a gathering storm comes[00:52.34]A tall handsome man[00:55.40]In a dusty black coat With a red right hand[00:59.90][01:08.15]He'll wrap you in his arms[01:10.95]Tell you that you've been a good boy[01:15.99]He'll rekindle all the dreams[01:19.31]It took you a lifetime to destroy[01:24.79]He'll reach deep into the hole[01:27.52]Heal your shrinking soul[01:29.30]But there won't be a single thing that you can do[01:33.80]He's a god, he's a man[01:36.46]He's a ghost, he's a guru[01:42.33]They're whispering his name[01:44.38]Through this disappearing land[01:46.56]But hidden in his coat Is a red right hand[01:52.04][01:59.03]You don't have no money?[02:02.21]He'll get you some[02:08.19]You don't have no car?[02:11.30]He'll get you one[02:16.65]You don't have no self-respect[02:19.18]You feel like an insect[02:21.71]Well don't you worry buddy[02:24.24]Cause here he comes[02:26.64]Through the ghettos and the barrio[02:28.14]And the Bowery and the slums[02:33.72]A shadow is cast wherever he stands[02:38.08]Stacks of green paper[02:45.76][02:40.04]In his red right hand[02:42.28][04:08.31]You'll see him in your nightmares[04:10.92]You'll see him in your dreams[04:16.22]He'll appear out of nowhere but[04:19.64]He ain't what he seems[04:24.98]You'll see him in your head[04:27.29]On the TV screen[04:29.78]And hey buddy, I'm warning[04:31.81]You to turn it off[04:34.09]He's a ghost, he's a god[04:35.92]He's a man, he's a guru[04:41.12]You're one microscopic cog[04:42.98]In his catastrophic plan[04:45.67]Designed and directed[04:47.47]By his red right hand[04:51.45][04:54.06]Written By Nick Cave, Thomas Wydler & Mick Harvey[04:56.37]Drums Thomas Wydler[04:58.10]Shaker Mick Harvey[04:59.62]Bells Mick Harvey[05:01.70]Bass Guitar Martyn P. Casey[05:03.49]Guitar Mick Harvey & Blixa Bargeld[05:05.30]Oscillator Nick Cave[05:07.19]Organ Nick Cave[05:08.91]Vocal Nick Cave[05:10.30]