The Voodoo Walk — Ray Davies

When the heat stops you sleeping at night And the dead leaves rustle around And the calmness keeps you awake And you pace around the room

That's the zombie in you manifesting itself And you cry out loud and nobody can help And it's a one way sign to the gates of hell And there's no way back No, there's no way back Ain't no wonder you can't sleep at night

You just heard the voodoo call So you pace around, do the zombie crawl And you shuffle around in the prison cell Doing the voodoo walk, dancing with yourself And you just can't blame The zombie inside of you

Or the voodoo curse hanging over you Or the zombie walk, like an old soft shoe Where the voodoo man's talking inside of you Doing the voodoo walk, voodoo walk Ain't no evil spirits round here Or zombie people or demons with pointy ears Ain't no spooks waiting to appear

Doing the voodoo walk Talking the voodoo talk Or the voodoo howl Doing the voodoo walk, voodoo walk

Voodoo walk, voodoo walk Doing the voodoo walk, voodoo walk

And the days are like living in hell You're not well but you just did it to yourself You know the look You can tell by that haunted stare You're never quite here You're never quite really there And the cemetery's empty 'Cos the zombies are everywhere

Doing the voodoo walk Talking the voodoo talk Or the voodoo howl Doing the voodoo walk

Doing the voodoo walk Talking the voodoo talk Or the voodoo growl Doing the voodoo walk