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Hell and Helena Lyrics
Headed for the square
Rattle your bones
Get around the convoy
Devil's goin' home
He's goin' home
Devil's goin' home
Rabble came runnin'
All out of breath
Said, "Master, where we goin'?"
Devil said, "Into the Valley of the Shadow of Death.
I'm goin' into the Valley of the Shadow of Death.
I'm goin' into the Valley of the Shadow of Death."
The Devil started laughin'
He said "Ha, ha, ha.
Ain't no use in even tryin' I'm tellin' ya
I'll never take the Hell outta Helena
I'll never take the Hell outta Helena
I'll never take the Hell outta Helena
I'll never take the Hell outta Helena"
I'm so tired of sanctified preachers
And long-suffering saints
I wanna get off someplace
Where I know they ain't
Where the knives are rusty
And the wounds are raw
And shake hands with the Devil
Once you cross the Mississippi into Arkansas
Cross the Mississippi into Arkansas
Cross the Mississippi into Arkansas
Devil started laughin'
He said "Ha, ha, ha.
Ain't no use in even tryin' I'm tellin' ya
I'll never take the Hell outta Helena
I'll never take the Hell outta Helena
I'll never take the Hell outta Helena
I'll never take the Hell outta Helena"
Blind Willie jumps
At his corner stakeout
The spirit moved him
And he began to shout
He said "We are not forsaken
The end is near."
The Devil said "Willie, you're mistaken.
It's already here.
It's already here.
It's already here."
Devil started laughin'
He said "Ha, ha, ha.
Ain't no use in even tryin' I'm tellin' ya
I'll never take the Hell outta Helena
I'll never take the Hell outta Helena
I'll never take the Hell outta Helena
I'll never take the Hell outta Helena
I'll never take the Hell outta Helena
I'll never take the Hell outta Helena
I'll never take the Hell outta Helena . . .
The "Helena" mentioned in the song is Helena, Arkansas, which Robert Johnson called "the blues capital of the Delta."
[Edit: Finally figured out it was "rabble."]