Witches Walk

Verse 1

We packed our tambourines in a cardboard sack

The river kept the drumbeat underground

Mambo Maha shook her silver feathers

Said the rhythm's ghost is bound to come around

Blackfeather stepped in chalk around the porch

The bougainvillea shivered in the breeze

She whispered to the moon like an old accordion

And taught the mockingbird to sing in threes

Pre-Chorus

We clicked our heels

We clicked our heels

Winston-Salem skyline

Gonna swallow up the shine

Chorus

Voodoo queens take the witches walk

Mambo Maha knows the talk

Blackfeather magic on the pavement

Rhythm ain't gone it's just waiting

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh

She dance the walk

She dance the walk

Verse 2

The brass band left their horns at the city line

The second line turned into a lonesome trail

But Maha keeps a heartbeat underneath her heel

And every step she counts a gospel tale

She swirls her skirt of caribbean cloth

The peacocks in the yard begin to sway

Her shadow draws a spiral on the asphalt

And calls the lost percussion home today

Pre-Chorus

We clicked our heels

We clicked our heels

Ramshackle cathedral

Gonna ring the bell

Chorus

Voodoo queens take the witches walk

Mambo Maha knows the talk

Blackfeather magic on the pavement

Rhythm ain't gone it's just waiting

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh

She dance the walk

She dance the walk

Bridge

Mmm mmm mmm

Rhythm sleeps in the loam

Mmm mmm mmm

Till a drummer shakes it home

Chorus

Voodoo queens take the witches walk

Mambo Maha knows the talk

Blackfeather magic on the pavement

Rhythm ain't gone it's just waiting

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh

She dance the walk

Dance the walk