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Yeah, when I was only se-ven-teen I could hear the angels whis-per-ing So I drove into the woods and wandered aimless-ly about Until I heard my mother shouting through the fog It turned out to be the howling of a dog Or a wolf to be exact, the sound sent shivers down my back But I was drawn into the pack and before long They allowed me to join in and sing their song So from the cliffs and highest hill, yeah we would gladly get our fill Howling endlessly and shrilly at the dawn And I lost the taste for judging right from wrong For my flesh had turned to fur, yeah and my thoughts they surely were Turned to instinct and obedience to God (Harmonica Solo) You can wear your fur like a river on fire But you better be sure if you’re making God a liar I’m a rattlesnake babe, I’m like fuel on fire So if you’re gonna get made, don’t be afraid of what you learned On the day that I turned twen-ty three I was curled up underneath the dogwood tree When suddenly a girl the skin the color of a pearl She wandered aimlessly, but she didn’t seem to see She was listening for the angels just like me So I stood and looked about, I brushed the leaves off of my snout And then I heard my mother shouting through the trees You shoulda seen that girl go shaky at the knees So I took her by the arm, we settled down upon a farm And raised our children up as gently as you please (Harmonica Solo) And now my fur has turned to skin, and I’ve been quickly ushered in, To a world that I confess I do not know But I still dream of running careless through the snow And through the howling winds that blow, across the ancient distant flow That fill our bodies up like water till we know (Harmonica Solo) You can wear your fur like a river on fire But you better be sure if you’re making God a liar I’m a rattlesnake babe, I’m like fuel on fire So if you’re gonna get made, don’t be afraid of what you learned