Natalie Merchant
Natalie Merchant
Natalie Merchant & Mavis Staples
Natalie Merchant
Natalie Merchant
Natalie Merchant
Natalie Merchant
Natalie Merchant
Natalie Merchant
Natalie Merchant
Natalie Merchant
Natalie Merchant
“I wrote Saint Judas in response to an exhibition at the New York Historical Society that contained the most difficult images I had ever seen. It was the history of lynching in photography. I knew that Mavis would understand my words and deliver them. I wanted to hear that incredible powerhouse of a...
[Verse]
Saddle up the horses and wear your Sunday best
Sing your sacred harp, you'll be holier than the rest
Fill up the room with a grand and a thunderous song
Let it rattle out the windows, let it spill out on the lawn
[Chorus]
As you shout, shout your praises to the man who kissed the lord
To the back-stabbing brother that betrayed all of this world
Your Judas!
[Verse]
Yea, you may walk in the valley in the dark
There's no greater evil than the darkness in your heart
Your sun gods, bloodhounds, needle, and your razor wire
Your nylon-shackle whipping post and your high-tech burning tire
[Chorus]
Judas
Judas
Judas
[Verse]
Whiplash crack across the back, across the arms
Although you bound his feet, he running fast, he running hard
Through the crickets in the corn and them horses in the field
Hear the caw-caw of the crows, see the devil at the wheel, y'all
[Chorus]
Judas
Judas
Judas
[Outro]
Go on down to Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas
Oklahoma, Texas, Kentucky, Florida
Louisiana and Tennessee
Georgia, Carolina, Carolina
Saint Judas was written by Natalie Merchant.
Saint Judas was produced by T Bone Burnett & Natalie Merchant.
Natalie Merchant released Saint Judas on Tue Nov 13 2001.