Helldorado Songtext
von Songdog

A winter ghost browsed the cold backyards
I held Ellie so tight, she said
"Hey, let go, it hurts"
I said, "See that bird?
It flew maybe ten thousand miles
Just to die in the mud
In that park over there
And look, they′ve nailed up all the shutters
On Harry's Bar"

And oh, Ellie, you love me, I know
Oh, Ellie, you love me, I know
Oh, Ellie, you love me, I know
But love don′t stand a chance in Helldorado


When I was a kid
Drunk on apple wine
I smashed every street lamp
All along this block
It was the lilac time
Those vagabond years
Before the sun made me crazy
And the moon made me mad
The hands on the steeple clock
Hadn't budged in fifty years

And oh, Ellie, you love me, I know
Oh, Ellie, you love me, I know
Oh, Ellie, you love me, I know
But love don't stand a chance in Helldorado

And like a hammer banging on cold iron
Disappointment is beating time in me
Sometimes I wonder what′s the use in trying?
What′s to yearn for anymore, Ellie?

The screechy boy at the coffee stand
Was watching the sleet turning into snow
And Ellie read out loud the poem she wrote
It rang pretty as a pop song
She said she meant every word
But I grow more hypothermic
The hotter her love degrades


And oh, Ellie, you love me, I know
Oh, Ellie, you love me, I know
Oh, Ellie, you love me, I know
But love don't stand a chance
Love don′t stand a chance
Love don't stand a chance in Helldorado