sold into slavery down in new orleans goddess of the bayou light black dog's head on the killing bed severed and left to bleed there on fire in the corner of the world there in misery there on fire in the corner of the world left for god to see chorus: do you want to take a life do you want to cross that line cause it's a long way back from hell and you don't want to go w/ me poison father of the human race god of the tainted blood malevolence sneaking up the spine of the world ready for the bastard son there on fire in the veins of man there in misery there on fire in the veins of man left for to see chorus