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, yeah

I worked on a railroad, I 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, sha-la-la-la, sha-la-la-la...

Out on the North Sea where the waters are wild
You wept like a mad dog, like a Rozell (?) 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
Sha-la-la-la, sha-la-la-la, sha-la-la-la...