I heard he dabbled into witchcraft   I heard occult   Oh, they're pretty much the same      I guess he was adopted   or raised by wolves   That's ridiculous to say      I heard he boiled over   cursed the town   had the touch    so nothing grew      I heard that too    It's true      (That's a lie!)      I heard he spoke in tongues   You're crazy   I heard he was a refugee      I heard he was a monster   a scary ghost   Oh you know there's no such thing      I heard he boiled over   cursed the town   had the touch    so nothing grew      I heard that too    It's true      (That's a lie!)      We're left with some stories inert   But this is the part that will hurt      And nobody learned   And now nothing grows here      Always a sign of remarkable man   Then one day he'd had it   And threw up his hands      He filled up his lungs   And he pulled out his hair   And he curled up his lips    And he bellowed:   "You'll never know!   How sorry you'll be!"      I heard he dabbled into witchcraft   I heard occult   Oh, they're pretty much the same      I guess he was adopted   or raised by wolves   That's ridiculous to say      I heard he boiled over   cursed the town   had the touch    so nothing grew      I heard that too    It's true      (That's a lie!)      We're left with some stories inert   But this is the part that will hurt      Nobody learns   Now nothing grows      Always a sign of remarkable man   Then one day he'd had it   And threw up his hands      He filled up his lungs   And he pulled out his hair   And he curled up his lips    And he bellowed:   "You'll never know!   How sorry you'll be!"      The looks on their faces   You'd swear they were dead   It finally sunk into their bones    what he said:      "The seed will be bitter!   The harvest will crumble!   Your fields will lay fallow for years   and nothing will grow!"      People will speak of him   once in a while   As legend would have it   You'll hear it for miles      He'll curse up a blue streak   Add lead to the earth   And stink like all manner of things      And nothing will grow.