Hell's Gate - CocoRosie

From the cracking of the whip

Nanny worked down at the shop

Lifting hell’s gate, she lifted hell’s gate

From the cracking of the whip

Pappy worked down at the shipyard

Jail mate, jail mate

Toss a penny to the sky

Heads or tails, who knows, not I

False alarm, narrow escape

Nearly got my cousin raped

Hell’s gate

Feathers ruffle hell’s gate

Shoot the cat, shoot the crow

Empty pocket seed to sew

Daddy wore his baggies low

Stinky long john

From the cracking of the whip

Nanny worked down at the shop

Lifting hell’s gate, she lifted hell’s gate

From the cracking of the whip

Pappy worked down at the shipyard

Jail mate, jail mate

Shoot the cat, shoot the crow

Toss a penny, make it grow

Take the shine off

Take the shine off

Toss a penny to the sky

Heads or tails, who knows, not I

Time to pass on in them chips

If the shoe never fit

Toss a penny to the sky

Heads or tails to live or die

Time to pass on in your chips

If you’ve given your last wish

My momma taught me how to pray

I didn’t know who to blame or who to thank

I see her face in the clouds

Pick a feather from the ground

Try to make my momma proud

What would she say to you?

Shoot the cat, shoot the crow

Toss a penny, make it grow

Take the shine off

Take the shine off

From the cracking of the whip

Pappy worked down at the shipyard

Jail mate, jail mate

Toss a penny to the sky

Heads or tails, who knows, not I

Time to pass on in them chips

If the shoe never fits

Toss a penny to the sky

Heads or tails, to live or die

Time to pass on in your chips

If you’ve given your last wish

Time to pass on in your chips

If you’ve given your last wish