The mention of John Berryman from this song was bugging me. So I looked it up on wikipedia. He was an American Poet who committed suicide by jumping off the Washington Avenue Bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Lyrics:
The Devil and John Berryman took a walk together
They ended up on Washington talking to the river
He said “I surrounded myself with doctors and deep thinkers
But big heads with soft bodies make for lousy lovers”.
There was that night that we thought that John Berryman could fly.
But he didn’t so he died.
She said “you’re pretty good with words but words won’t save your life”
And they didn’t so he died.
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