POGUES - BLUE HEAVEN Lyrics

Alligators snap at your anklesAnd branches snap at your brainIf I ever get through this swamp aliveI'll nevermore pray for rainThis must be the place, and stillSomehow it don't seem rightThat something in the moonCould change these endless daysTo lonely nightsI take a stroll down by the seaAnd walk along the pierThen I slip and hit my headNow's the time to fearSee the surface, see the rocksSee my past fly swiftly byI feel the water in my lungsAnd wake up screaming for my lifeIn my blue heavenThere's a bottle of PontchetrainChalmette by moonlightTo take away the painCard sharks and blue harpsAnd dolphins who can leapIn my Blue HeavenWhere I can laughAnd I can weepBlack shapes zip into cornersThe big lads start to crawlTo holes of their own makingIn the cracks within the wallSnakes and rats and spidersI know that they're still thereI pray to God that I may sleepWithout a hope, without a careIn my blue heavenThere's a bottle of PontchetrainChalmette by moonlightTo take away the painFelines and sea lionsAnd rain on the beachIn my Blue HeavenWith angels who are out of reachIn my blue heavenThere's a bottle of PontchetrainChalmette by moonlightTo take away the painNightingales singAnd the bells they will ringIn my Blue HeavenThe Bells of HellGo ding-a-ling-a-ling