I was born in a landslide
In the jungle land
I can play a piano
With a funeral hand

(Ooh) Salt in the wound, making me blue
(Ooh) Salt in the wound, play me a tune

I worked on a railroad
Slept on a cot
If you got what it takes
They'll take what you got

(Ooh) Salt in the wound, making me blue
(Ooh) Salt in the wound, play me a tune

Sha-la-la-la-la-la
Sha-la-la-la-la-la
Sha-la-la-la-la-la
Sha-la-la-la-la-la

Out on the North Sea
Where the waters are wild
You wept like a mad dog
Like an ozone child
(Ooh) Salt in the wound, making me blue
(Ooh) Salt in the wound, play me a tune

Play me a tune
Play me a tune
Play me a tune
Play me a tune

Sha-la-la-la-la-la
Sha-la-la-la-la-la
Sha-la-la-la-la-la
Sha-la-la-la-la-la
Sha-la-la-la-la-la