Higher, higher,
Climb the stalk
Feel its power
Dangling over me
Down they tumble
Into my hands,
Throw them down
See where they land
Lower, lower
Take me slowly
Fingers open
Lover, lover
Take it slowly
See where they will land
Red berries
Hang over my head
Suck the juice
As it spreads
Into my hands
Into my hands
Coming down
The red juice falls
Without pith,
Without bitterness
Magic beans
Make the tree grow tall,
Magic fruit
Makes the girl grow fatter
Up high, through branches,
An eerie light
I’ve not seen before.
Watch as it dances
Now, I can’t see through all the red
That’s coming down,
That covers
My face, my neck
My hands, once white,
Now are red,
And the world’s
Changed colour again -
A bird in green,
A scarlet blur,
Lost to the taste
Of the sticky curr
The fruit's on my lips,
Hush now, it’s a secret.
Greedy hands, greedy face,
Lost to the sky, lost to taste.
Feed on this fruit,
Nothing wasted
Eating berries always leaves
A red mouth,
A red mouth,
A naughty red mouth.
Hear her shout
Fee-fi-fo-fum
I smell the blood of an Englishman
Fee-fi-fo-fum
I smell the blood of an Englishman!
