Am I live in a town called MillhavenDm And it's small and it's mean and it's cold But if you come around just as the sun goes downAm You can watch the whole thing turn to goldG G7 It's around about then that I used to go a-roaming [Hook]C Am Singing La la la la La la la lieDm E7 Am All God's children they all gotta die [Verse 2]Am My name is Loretta, but I prefer LottieDm I'm closing in on my fifteenth year If you think you have seen a pair of eyes more greenAm Then you sure haven't see them around hereG G7 Well my hair is a-yeller' and I'm always a-combing [Hook]C Am La la la la La la la lieDm E7 Am My mama often told me that we all got to die [Verse 3]Am You must have heard about The Curse Of MillhavenDm How last Christmas Bill Blakey's little boy didn't come home They found him the next week up in One Mile CreekAm With his head bashed in and his pockets full of stonesG G7 Well, just imagine all the wailing and the moaning [Hook]C Am La la la la La la la lieDm E7 Am Even little Billy Blakey's boy, he had to die [Verse 4]Am Then Professor O'Rye from Millhaven HighDm Found nailed to his door his prize-winning terrier The next day the old fool brought little Biko to schoolAm And we all had to watch as he buried herG G7 Well his eulogy to Biko had all the tears flowing [Hook]C Am La la la la La la la lieDm E7 Am Even God's little creatures, they have to die [Verse 5]Am Our little town fell into a state of shockDm A lot of people were saying things that made little sense The next thing you know the head of Handyman JoeAm Was found in the fountain of the Mayor's residenceG G7 Well foul play can really get a small town going[Hook]C Am La la la la La la la lieDm E7 Am Even God's children, they have to die [Verse 6]Am In a cruel twist of fate, old Mrs ColgateDm Was stabbed but the job was not complete Well, the last thing she said before the cops pronounced her deadAm Was, "My killer is Loretta and she lives across the street!"G G7 And twenty cops burst through my door without even phoning [Hook]C Am La la la la La la la lieDm E7 Am The young ones and the old ones, they all gotta die [Verse 7]Am Yes, it is I, Lottie, The Curse Of MillhavenDm I've struck horror in the heart of this town Like my eyes ain't green and my hair ain't yeller'Am It's more like the other way aroundG G7 I got a pretty little mouth underneath all the foaming [Hook]C Am La la la la La la la lieDm E7 Am Sooner or later, we all gotta die [Verse 8]Am Since I was no bigger than a weevil they've been saying I was evilDm That if "bad" was a boot that I'd fit it That I'm a wicked young lady, but I've been trying hard latelyAm Aw, fuck it, I'm a monster, I admit it!G G7 Well it makes me so mad that my blood starts a-going [Hook]C Am La la la la La la la lieDm E7 Am Mama always told me that we all gotta die [Verse 9]Am Well yeah, I drowned the Blakey kid, stabbed Mrs. Colgate, I admitDm Did the handyman with his circular saw in his garden shed But I never crucified little Biko, that was two junior high school psychosAm Stinky Bohoon and his friend with the pumpkin-sized headG G7 I'll sing to the lot, now that you got me going [Hook]C Am La la la la La la la lieDm E7 Am All God's children have all gotta die [Verse 10]Am Then there' all the others, all our sisters and brothersDm You assumed were accidents, best forgotten Recall the children who broke through the ice on Lake Tahoo?Am Everyone assumed the "Warning" signs had followed them to the bottomG G7 Well, they're underneath the house where I do quite a bit of stowing [Hook]C Am La la la la La la la lieDm E7 Am Even twenty little children, now they had to die [Verse 11]Am And the fire of '91 that razed the Bella Vista slumDm That was the biggest shit-fight this country's ever seen Insurance companies ruined, land lords getting suedAm All cause of a wee little girl with a can of gasolineG G7 Those flames really roared when the wind started blowing [Hook]C Am La la la la La la la lieDm E7 Am Well a rich man and a poor man, they all gotta die [Verse 12]Am Well I confessed to all these crimes and they put me on trialDm I was laughing when they took me away Off to the asylum in an old black MariahAm Well it ain't home, but you know, it's better than jailG G7 It ain't such a bad old place to have a home in [Hook]C Am La la la la La la la lieDm E7 Am All God's children they all gotta die [Verse 13]Am Now I got shrinks that will not rest with their endless Rorschach testsDm I keep telling them that I think they're out to get me They ask me if I feel remorse and I answer, "Why of course!Am There's so much more I could have done if they'd let me!"G G7 So it's Rorschach and Prozac, and everything is groovy [Hook]C Am Singing La la la la La la la lieDm E7 Am Well, all God's children they all have to dieC Am La la la la La la la lieDm E7 Am I'm happy as a lark now, and everything is fineC Am Singing La la la la La la la lieDm E7 Am Everything is groovy and everything is fineC Am Singing La la la la La la la lieDm E7 Am Well, all God's children they gotta die
The Curse Of Millhaven
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