[Verse 1]
When I turned twelve, papa said
“Little woman, better get yourself a wife
‘Cause you’re too mean for a man
To clean up your life
And if she’s the devil
You know she’ll be your friend”

[Verse 2]
When I turned thirteen
I spat in my papa’s eye
Took off to find my man
‘Cause I couldn’t find a wife

[Bridge 1]
And I spread-eagled in a lot of towns
I couldn’t find no man to lay me down
They were so busy a-cock-a-doodle-doin’
But they still couldn’t nail me down

[Verse 3]
So I grew up lonesome
Knowing there’d be no man
Or woman to get me going
Through this life
[Chorus]
‘Cause I was hatched
Out of a witch’s egg
Been doomed to fly high
Like a crane with no legs
I laid down with the Devil
And his sidekick, Mankind
But something called lovin’
Made me hungry inside

[Bridge 2]
So I went to the Lord and I asked him for more
Than what this world could offer
I laid down with him and I had to grin
‘Cause he was shyer than a flower

[Verse 4]
Now thanks to the Lord
I’ve been set free
My lover is the trade winds
That take me out to sea
My life is like nobody else’s
There’s only one of me

[Chorus/Outro]
'Cause I was hatched
Out of a witch’s egg
Been doomed to fly high
Like a crane with no legs