Black Cliffs Notes

Listen to a demo version of "Black Cliffs Notes," the last song on Scenes from an Icelandic Novel.

Black Cliffs Notes

A musical resume of the novel.

Well, Bjarni and Steinun, they got to kissing
And that's when the bodies turned up missing
And things weren't quite the same in this sleepy town

Then Gudrun showed up with hanging hands
After Jon had washed up in the sand
Right there in the same damn water where the children drowned

Well, the moral of the story is plain to see
You can't keep the killing from the family tree
Can't keep the killing from the family tree

Meanwhile Eiulv and Reverend Jon
Were trying to figure where it all went wrong
The gossip was flying wild from ear to ear

Then I showed up and started reading
And into this story did some musical breathing
And that's how we all done got this album here

Well the moral of the story is plain to see
Nobody's business is safe around me
Can't keep the killing from the family tree
Nobody's business is safe around me
Thanks be to heaven for Gunnar G.