Red Violins

There is no use to holler, no use to cry

Twenty pounds of curses came to visit me tonight

Salt for all the cuts, blankets for the cold

Prayers to keep the devil far away from those I love

And there were red violins, playing in my dreams

One for me and two for me, and one at Jesus' feet

And one I only reach to for sympathy

And if you want it, then you want it

For when you're falling on your knees

I seen you howling now, you water at the mouth

I seen you fawn and faint in need

Are there red violins playing you to sleep?

Chariot, swing low, if you come for me

Ain't it now, the strangest sound we call on for relief?

Look at the all these people clapping steady to the beat

Of the ambulances on their way to me

So if you wanna, then you wanna

Everybody pays the price to feed

And since you're howling now, you're foaming at the mouth

And since you're struck right off your feet

I'll play red violins

And you are now of my existence

You're part of that which still remains

And you're lingering like fingered strings

I seem to call on to feel the pain

On red violins, on red violins

And if you wanna, then you wanna

Can't you see me crawling at your feet?

You see me howling now, I'm foaming at the mouth

Come on and grieve for my disease

And there were red violins playing in my dreams

There were red violins playing in my dreams

There were red violins

There were red violins

There were red violins

There were red violins playing in my dreams