Voodoo

Sarah lafayette is sleeping, her husband is awake
This summer's night is too hot
Feels like his majesty was here

Can you hear the voodoo drums
They're howling at the moon

Voodoo..voodoo..voodoo

Monday evening

Evening, the sun is setting, silence is all you hear

David, getting really sick he is sweating like a pig
The fever's got him now
And sarah's father dear, the morning snack has put him on his back
He should have stayed in bed ... oh why didn't he?

... the sun is setting, silence is all you hear
Sarah: "salem, what's going on?"

Salem, "let me tell you a story madame, a secret about your land
The reason ... for all this madness
Let me tell you a story madame, the burial ground on your land
Is a secret voodoo stand

If you ever destroy this sacred place
Legend says that you will die, and never find your rest
I'm telling the truth..oh yes l am
Lf the living can't feed the dead, then the dead will come for you
Yeah

Sarah, 'you better hold your tongue now salem
'cause l don't believe in ghosts"
There is only one thing left to do now
And that is "sending of dead"

The four shadows are meeting again
At the cemetery gates, darkness is a friend
Midnight will soon be here
Everything should be ready by now ... for "sending of dead"

Solo: andy

Place the image of saint expedit
Upside down and around
I hear doctor le croix speaking "let the ritual begin"

"almighty god, father of mine, come for sarah lafayette
That she may be "disappeared', forever lost
Saint expedit, you are a saint and i'm a sinner
L send you to find...sarah lafayette
Oh, rid me of her head and rid me of her soul
Rid me of all her thoughts, rid me of her memory
For this curse to work, baron samedi, samedi, samedi
Send your blessing, so sarah may be gone"

Solo: herb

As if he was sent from the sky, baron samedi creeps inside
The doctor's body..speaking to salem
Samedi: "you must bring me a sacrifice
You must come back before midnight
Kneel before my cross"...salem is there

He takes a handful of soil from each grave
Of the dead he wants to send..into sarah
Now quick quick run back to the house
The soil must lie where sarah sleeps

Saturday midnight

At midnight that same night, the lafayettes were sleeping
At midnight that same night, there is a shadow creeping

Salem is moving without a sound
Salern is moving ... moving, moving to the burial ground

So hot and so quiet, only the leaves are shaking
By one of the graves, doctor le croix is waiting

Salem is moving without a sound
Salem is moving ... moving, moving to the burial ground

Doctor le croix, shaking the hand of salem
My my my my my god, salem tell me the secret
My my my my my god, this makes me feel uneasy

In shock...le croix is terrified, this could be the end
Fear turns to hate, "great wanga will befall the lafayettes

Salem, help me, save us ... salem, help me, save us
By turning them to dust

So take this money and off you go
To madame sarita's boutique of voodoo
A snake curse and a little 'goofer dust'
You salem will be the link between them and us
This could be an easy way to turn the lafayettes to dead"

Solo: andy

Two hours later, salem leaves madame sarita
My my my my my god, salem is looking scary
My my my my my god, now he's heading for the cemetery

Solo: herb

Kneeling in front of one of the graves
A handful of soil and salem is on his way
He must leave a copper penny as payment for the soil
And to protect himself
From all the spirits that could come and dig themselves
Lnto his head ... dead ... dead ... dead ... salem is here

By the house, in the dark, there is a shadow digging
The snake in the bottle, is buried and it's ready

Salem is moving without a sound
Everyone's sleeping, but me 'cause l don't need it..no

The "loa" house and the old voodoo burial ground
Are still standing in all their glory.
The lafayettes left the hospital and louisiana
And went to ... l don't care.

Malone survived. he's a scared old man now,
By the way, my name is salem.

You cannot say, that everybody's happy,
But you can say, that everybody is now
Safe from each other.

At least l thought so, until a few days ago
When i heard of some mother
By the name of sarah lafayette
Who's newborn baby was speaking in the strangest tongue
Backwards.

A miracle?
Some expert had uttered the word:
Voodoo

Tuesday morning

At the light of dawn, on a day without
Sunshine...salem had vanished
Gone, would sarah, would she survive
Grandpa was panicking

Father malone, the exorcist ... father malone, the exorcist

Sarah's voice had changed, from female to
Male... and that was wrong, it was as if sarah
Had gone, grandpa remembered his friend
Father malone was the name

Solo: andy

Grandpa: "put me through to new orleans
The abbey of the holy saints
Father malone please...it's urgent
You got to, you got to, you got to put me through"

It only took a minute or two, before the father he understood
Father malone: "listen here my friend, do not despair
L will be there...this afternoon

But beware...of the daytime moon"

Solo: herb

Father malone, the exorcist...father malone, he is here

Father malone: 'holy cross and bible
Holy water for the soul
And so the house i bless, but david he's go to
Go, call for an ambulance before the others know
Then he went back to sarah's room

Monday morning

The sun has risen, just above the trees
The birds are singing, it's just like a dream
What a perfect morning it...could have been
Salem's in the kitchen, and that's a sin
Eggs for three and a little tea
Mixed with the graveyard dirt...from yesterday
Solo: herb

Anybody eating salem's "a la carte" today
Should be taken ill and...waste away

(salem thinking to himself)
"you used to be so beautiful, but now you're gonna die
You used to be so beautiful, but now you're gonna die
Die, both of you ... are gonna die
Die, die, both of you..are gonna die, die ... die"

Solo: andy

Salem's walking up the stairs to the second floor
Silver tray in hand ... knocking at the door

(salem thinking to himself)
"you used to be so beautiful, but now you're gonna die
You used to be so beautiful, but now you're gonna die
Die, both of you..are gonna die
Die, die, both of you..are gonna die"

In a fever, sick as hell
David's got a snake bite..and all is well
Salem thinks to himself:

One down, two to go, "oh madame he's got the flu"
One down, two to go, "oh madame he's got the flu"

The problem is that sarah's morning sick again
That pregnant woman, always something wrong

You used to be so beautiful, but now you're gonna die
You used to be so beautiful, but now you're gonna die
Die..sarah die, sarah die
Die, die ... sarah die, sarah die

Tuesday evening

One single hour, is like a working day
Father malone is getting tired
Darkness... has come again
The demons seem to be resting
Sarah is looking just like hell
There ain't much left of her to save now

Meanwhile in salem's quarters
There's a shadow that moves
Into a room full of secrets of life
Lnto a room only few have survived
There is a cross upon the wall
The cross of baron samedi
The shadow is taking the cross away
The shadow is lula, the girl that no one ever sees

L see her shadow with that cross of mine
L see her shadow slipping into the night
The cross of baron samedi will set us free
The cross of baron samedi, just wait and see

Solo: herb

The cross of baron samedi is full of nails
The cross of baron sarmedi could split your head
Take it to sarah... take it to sarah...sarah

Darkness... she's up again
Sarah is standing in front of father malone
Sleeping..the father's on a chair
Sarah is saying: "father, i'm about to sin"

Then one to the father's head
The cross is coming down so hard
Screaming, bleeding, malone goes down
Again and..again and..his blood is all around

Solo: andy

In comes grandpa: "stop it sarah stop"
L don't know why, but sarah dropped the cross
Two hours later everyone was here
Police and ambulance, wiping up the tears

Solo: herb

Samedi...samedi...samedi