Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Songs In The Key Of X Red Right Hand (Words: N. Cave; Music: M. Harvey/T. Wydler/ N. Cave) Take a little walk to the edge of town Go across the tracks Where the dry dock looms like a bird of doom As it shifts and cracks Where secrets lie In the border fines And the humming wire Hey man you know you'll never come back Cross the square Cross the bridge Cross the mills Cross the stacks On a gathering storm comes a tall handsome man A dusty black coat with a red right hand He'll rub you in his arms Tell you that you've been a good boy He'll rekindle all the dreams it took you a lifetime To destroy He'll reach deep into the hole Heal you're shrinkin' soul But there won't be a single thing a-that you can do He's a God He's a man He's a ghost He's a guru They're whispering his name Through this disappearing land But hidden in his coat is a red right hand You don't have no money He'll get you some You don't have no car He'll get you one You don't have no self-respect You feel like an insect Well don't you worry buddy cuz here he comes Through the ghettos and the barrio and the valley And the slums His shadow is cast wherever he stands Stacks a green paper in his red right hand You'll see him in your nightmares You'll see him in your dreams He'll appear outta nowhere But he ain't what he seems You'll see him in your head On the TV screen Hey buddy I'm warning you to turn it up He's a ghost He's a god He's a man He's a guru You're one microscopic cog In his catastrophic plan Designed and directed by his red right hand