Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are an Australian alternative rock band with multinational personnel, fronted by Nick Cave. [read more] - I'm Gonna Kill That Woman
(J.L. Hooker) Yeah, my baby left me this morningAnd I don't care now, I don't care what the people sayYeah, I did everything that I could, everything I could,Lord knows I did everything I couldI tried to satisfy her...
- Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart
(Greenaway, Cooke) Something's gotten hold of my heartKeeping my soul and my senses apartSomething's gotten into my lifeCutting its way through my dreams like a knifeTurning me up and turning me downMaking me smile...
- The Carnival Is Over
(T. Springfield, F. Farian) Say goodbye, my one true loverAnd we'll steal a lover's songHow it breaks my heart to leave youNow the carnival has goneOh my love, the dawn is breakingAnd my tears are falling rainFor the...
- Sleeping Analeah
(Newbury, Folger) Yesterday the sun was shining but you're finding the sun itDon't shine all the timeA winter day suddenly came your wayAnd you ran into your mindSleeping Analeah, Weeping AnaleahDo you think you're...
- By The Time I Get To Phoenix
(J. Webb) By the time I get to Phoenix, she'll be risingAnd she'll find that note that I left hanging on the doorAnd she'll laugh when she reads the partThat says: "I'm leaving"Cause I've left that girl so many times...
- Running Scared
(Orbison, Melson) Just running scared, each place we goSo afraid, that he might showYeah, running scared, what would I doIf he came back and wanted you?Just running scared, feeling lowRunning scared that you love him...
- Muddy Water
(J. Bundrick) Mary, grab the baby, the river's risingMuddy water taking back the landThe old-frame house, she can't take-a one more beatingAin't no use to stay and make a standWell the morning light shows water in the...
- The Hammer Song (in Album Kicking Against The Pricks)
(A. Harvey) Oh please don't send me outSaid the man with the hammer, hammering the anvilI been walking on a road of rocksAnd I keep on hammering, keep on hammering, keep on hammering,Hammering the anvilDon't let the...
- Black Betty
(Leadbelly)A traditional version is also available. Look-a look-a yonder (3x)Well the sun done goneThe captain can't hold her (3x)The way I do nowAda got a gold mine (3x)Way above her kneesThe shiv (?) is golden...
- All Tomorrow's Parties
(L. Reed) And what costume shall the poor girl wearTo all tomorrow's partiesA hand-me-down dress from who knows whereTo all tomorrow's partiesAnd where will she go and what shall she doWhen midnight comes aroundShe'll...
- Jesus Met The Woman At The Well
(Traditional, Arr. The Alabama Singers) Jesus met the woman at the wellJesus met the woman at the wellAnd he told her, everything that she'd done, that she'd doneAnd he said, woman, look-a here woman,Tell me where is...
- Hey Joe
(W. Roberts) Hey Joe, where you going with that gun in your hand?Hey Joe, where you going with that gun in your hand?I'm gonna shoot my baby, I caught her messin round with another manHey Joe, I heard you shot your...
- The Singer
(Cash, Daniels) As I walk these narrow streetsWhere a million passin feet have trod before meWith my guitar in my handSuddenly I realize nobody knows meWhere yesterday the multitudeScreamed and cried my name out for a...
- Long Black Veil
(D. Del, M. Wilkins) She walks these hills in a long black veilShe visits my grave when the night winds wailNobody knows, nobody seesNobody knows but meTen years ago, on a cold dark nightSomeone was killed 'neath the...
- The Ship Song
Come sail your ships around meAnd burn your bridges downWe make a little history, babyEvery time you come around Come loose your dogs upon meAnd let your hair hang downYou are a little mystery to meEvery time you come...
- Plain Gold Ring
Plain gold ring on her finger she woreIt was where everyone could seeIt belonged to someone, but not meOn her hand she wore a plain gold ringPlain gold ring's got a story to tellIt was one that I knew very wellIn my...
- New Morning
One morn I awakenedA new sun was shiningThe sky was a KingdomAll covered in bloodThe moon and the starsWhere the troops that lay conqueredLike fruit left to witherPoor spiritual food And the spears of bright sunAll...
- The Good Son
One more man goneOne more man goneOne more man is gone The good son walks into the fieldHe is a tiller, he has a tiller's handsBut down in his heart nowHe lays down his queer plansAgainst his brother and against his...
- Mercy
I stood in the waterIn the middle month of winterMy camel skin was tortureI was in a state of natureThe wind, sir, it was wickedI was so aloneJust as I predictedMy followers were gone And I cried `Mercy'Have mercy...
- Sunday's Slave
Sunday's got a slaveMonday's got one tooSunday's got a slaveMonday's got one tooOur sufferings are countlessOur pleasures are motley fewSpend all day digging my graveNow go get Sunday's slave Tuesday sleeps in a...
- Sugar Sugar Sugar
Sugar Sugar SugarThat man is badThe road he drives you downO sugar its a drag That road it twistsThat road is crossedIts down that roadA lot of little girls go lost Sugar Sugar SugarKeep on driving onUntil the City of...
- Slowly Goes The Night
Lover, lover, goodbyeSo slowly goes the nightI trace the print of your body with my handLike the map of some forbidden landI trace the ghosts of your bonesWith my trembling handDark is my nightBut darker is my day...
- Watching Alice
Alice wakesIt is morningShe is yawningAs she walks about the roomHer hair falls down her breastShe is *** and it is June Standing at the windowI wonder if she knows that I can see Watching Alice rise year after...
- City Of Refuge
You better run You better run and run and runYou better run You better runYou better run to the City of RefugeYou better run You better runYou better run to the City of Refuge You stand before your makerIn a state of...
- Up Jumped The Devil
O My O MyWhat a wretched lifeI was born on the dayThat my poor mother diedI was cut from her bellyWith a stanley knifeMy daddy did a jigWith the drunk midwife Who's that younder all in flamesDragging behind him a sack...
- Little Empty Boat
You found me at some party You thought I'd understand You barreled over to me With a drink in each hand I respect your beliefs girl And I consider you a friend But I've already been born once I don't wanna to be...
- Idiot Prayer
They're taking me down my friend And as they usher me off to my end Will I bid you adieu? Or will I be seeing you soon? If what they say around here is true Then we'll meet again Me and you My time is at hand my...
- West Country Girl
With a crooked smile and a heart shaped face Comes from the West country where the birds sing bass She's got a house big heart where we all live And plead and council and forgive Her widow's peak her lips I've...
- Far From Me
For you dear I was born For you I was raised up For you I've lived and for you I will die For you I am dying now You were my mad little lover In a world where everybody ***s everybody else over You who are so far...
- Right Now I'm A Roaming
When I get home I'm gonna clean up my house When I get home I'm gonna kick out that mouse When I get home I'm gonna put things in order but right now right right now right now I'm a roaming When I get home I'm...
- Black Hair
Last night my kisses were banked in black hair And in my bed my lover her hair was midnight black And all her mystery dwelled within her black hair And her black hair framed a happy heart shaped face And heavy...
- There Is A Kingdom
Just like a bird that sings up the sun In a dawn so very dark Such is my faith for you Such is my faith And all the world's darkness can't swallow up A single spark Such is my love for you Such is my love There is a...
- I Do Love Her So (Lime Tree Arbour)
The boatman calls from the lake A lone loon dives upon the water I put my hand over her Down in the lime tree arbour The wind in the trees is whispering Whispering low that I love her She puts her hand over mine Down...
- Come Into My Sleep
Now that mountains of meaningless wordsand oceans divide usAnd we each have our own set of starsto comfort and guide usCome into my sleepCome into my sleep, oh yeahDry your eyes and do not weepCome into my sleepSwim...
- Are You The One That I've Been Waiting For
I've felt you coming girl as you drew near I knew you'd find me cause I longed you here Are you my destiny? Is this how you'll appear? Wrapped in a coat with tears in your eyes? Well take that coat babe and throw...
- Where Do We Go Now But Nowhere
I remember a girl so very well The carnival drums all mad in the air Grim reapers and skeletons and a missionary bell O where do we go now but nowhere In a colonial hotel we ***ed up the sun And then we ***ed it...
- Into My Arms
I don't believe in an interventionist God But I know darling that you do But if I did I would kneel down and ask Him Not to intervene when it came to you Not to touch a hair on your head To leave you as you are And...
- Green Eyes
Kiss me again rekiss me and kiss me Slip your frigid hands beneath my shirt This useless old ***er with his twinkling cunt Doesn't care if he gets hurt Green eyes Green eyes Green eyes Green eyes If it were but a...
- Babe, I Got You Bad
Babe I got you badDreaming blood-wet dreamsonly madmen haveBaby I got you badI wish to God I never hadAnd it makes me feel so sad,O, Baby I got you badYeah, Babe I got you badI long for your kiss,for the turn of your...
- People Ain't No Good
People just ain't no good I think that's well understood You can see it everywhere you look People just ain't no good We were married under cherry trees Under blossom we made pour vows All the blossoms come sailing...
- Brompton Oratory
Up those stone steps I climb Hail this joyful day's return Into its great shadowed vault I go Hail the Pentecostal morn The reading is from Luke 24 Where Christ returns to his loved ones I look at the stone apostles...
- Right Now I'm A-roaming
When I get home, I'm gunna clean up my houseWhen I get home, I'm gunna kick out that mouseWhen I get home, I'm gunna put things in orderbut right now, right right now, right now I'm a-roamingWhen I get home, I'm gunna...
- Papa Won't Leave You, Henry
I went out walking the other dayThe wind hung wet around my neckMy head it rung with screams and groansFrom the night I spent amongst her bonesI passed beside the mission houseWhere that mad old buzzard, the...
- Blue Bird
I got a blue bird, a blue bird on my shoulderI got a blue bird, a blue bird on my shoulderI saw her standing, standing by the waterShe was ***, her hair in great disorderAnd I know that I fly and the rest is lieI...
- When I First Came To Town
When I first came to townAll the people gathered roundThey bought me drinksLord, how they quickly changed their tuneWhen I first came to townPeople took me round from end to endLike someone may take round a friendO...
- I Had A Dream, Joe
I had a dreamI had a dreamI had a dream, JoeI had a dream, JoeYou were standing in the middle of an open roadI had a dream, JoeYour hands were raised up to the skyAnd your mouth was covered in foamI had a dream, JoeA...
- Brother, My Cup Is Empty
Brother, my cup is emptyAnd I haven't got a pennyFor to buy no more whiskeyI have to go homeI am the captain of my painTis the bit, the bridle,The trashing caneThe stirrup, the harnessThe whipping maneThe pickled...
- The Loom Of The Land
It was the dirty end of winterAlong the loom of the landWhen I walked with sweet SallyHand upon handAnd the wind it bit bitterFor a boy of no meansWith no shoes on his feetAnd a knife in his jeansAlong the loom of the...
- What A Wonderful World
(Weiss/Douglas) I see trees of green, red roses tooI watch them bloom for me and youAnd I think to myself: What a Wonderful WorldI see skies of blue, clouds of whiteThe bright blessed day and the dark sacred nightAnd...
- Christina The Astonishing
Christina the AstonishingLived a long time agoShe was stricken with a seizureAt the age of twenty-twoThey took her body in a coffinTo a tiny church in LiegeWhere she sprang up from the coffinJust after the Agnus...
- Jack The Ripper
I got a womanShe rules my house with an iron fistI got a womanShe rules my house with an iron fistShe screams out Jack the RipperEvery time I try to give that girl a kissI got a womanShe strikes me down with a fist of...
- Rainy Night In Soho
(S. MacGowan) I've been loving you a long timeDown all the years, down all the daysAnd I've cried for all your troublesSmiled at your funny little waysWe watched our friends grow up togetherAnd we saw them as they...
- John Finn's Wife
Well the night was deep and the night was darkAnd I was at the old dance-hall on the edge of townSome big ceremony was going downDancers writhed and squirmed and then,Came apart and then writhed againLike squirming...
- Death Is Not The End
When you're sad and when you're lonelyAnd you haven't got a friendJust remember that death is not the end And all that you held sacredFalls down and does not mendJust remember that death is not the endNot the end, not...
- O'Malley's Bar
I am tall and I am thinOf an enviable hightAnd I've been known to be quite handsomeIn a certain angle and in certain light Well I entered into O'Malley'sSaid, "O'Malley I have a thirst"O'Malley merely smiled at meSaid...
- Crow Jane
Crow Jane Crow JaneCrow JaneHorrors in her headThat her tongue dare not nameShe lives alone by the riverThe rolling rivers of painCrow Jane Crow JaneCrow Jane Ah hah huh There is one shining eye on a hard-hatThe...
- The Kindness Of Strangers
They found Mary Bellows cuffed to the bedWith a rag in her mouth and a bullet in her headO poor Mary Bellows She'd grown up hungry, she'd grown up poorShe left her home in ArkansasO poor Mary Bellows She wanted to see...
- Stagger Lee
It was back in '32 when times were hardHe had a Colt .45 and a deck of cardsStagger Lee He wore rat-drawn shoes and an old stetson hatHad a '28 Ford, had payments on thatStagger Lee His woman threw him out in the ice...
- Song Of Joy
Have mercy on me, sirAllow me to impose on youI have no place to stayAnd my bones are cold right throughI will tell you a storyOf a man and his familyAnd I swear that it is true Ten years ago I met a girl named JoyShe...
- Lovely Creature
There she stands, this lovely creatureThere she stands, there she standsWith her hair full of ribbonsAnd green gloves on her hands So I asked this lovely creatureYes, I asked. Yes I askedWould she walk with me a...
- The Curse Of Millhaven
I live in a town called MillhavenAnd it's small and it's mean and it's coldBut if you come around just as the sun goes downYou can watch the whole town turn to goldIt's around about then that I used to go...
- The Six Strings That Drew Blood
Guitar thug blew into townHis eyes like wheels spinnin' roundJerkin-off at every soundLayin' all his crosses downO yeahHe got Six StringsThe Six Strings that drew bloodThe bar is full of Holy-JoesA...
- Black Crow King
Mmmmm Mmmmm MmmmmI am the black crow kingMmmmm Mmmmm MmmmmI am the black crow kingKeeper of the nodding cornBam! Bam! Bam! Bam!All the hammers are a-talkingAll the nails are a-singingSo sweet and lowYou can hear it in...
- Blind Lemon Jefferson
Blind Lemon Jefferson is a-comingTap tap tappin with his caneBlind Lemon Jefferson is a-comingTap tap tappin with his caneHis last ditch lies down the road of trialsDown the road of trialsHalf filled with rainO...
- Say Goodbye To The Little Girl Tree
O say goodbye to the little girl treeO you know that I must say goodbyeTo the little girl treeThis wall I built around youIs made out of stone-liesO little girl the truth would beAn axe in theeO father look to your...
- Train Long-Suffering
Woo-wooooooo Woo!In the name of pain!(In the name of pain and suffering)In the name of pain!(In the name of pain and suffering)There comes a train!(There comes a train)Yeah!A long black train(There comes a train)Lord,...
- Knockin' On Joe
These chains of sorrow, they are heavy, it is trueAnd these locks cannot be broken,no, not with one thousand keysO Jailer, you drag a ball-n-chain you cannot seeYou can lay your burden on meYou can lay your burden...
- Wanted Man
I'm a wanted man, wanted man...I'm wanted, I'm a wanted man...Oh yeah...yeah...ah honey, I'm a wanted manI'm a wanted man in California, I'm a wanted man in BuffaloI'm a wanted man in Kansas City, I'm a wanted man in...
- Avalanche
(Leonard Cohen) I stepped into an avalancheIt covered up my soulWhen I am not this hunchback that you seeI sleep beneath the golden hillYou who wish to conquer painYou must learn to serve me wellYou strike my side by...
- Well Of Misery
Along crags and sunless cracks I goUp rib of rock, donw spine of stoneI dare not slumber where the night winds whistleLest her creeping-soul clutch this heart of thistleO the same God that abandon'd herHas in turn...
- Wings Off Flies
She loves me, she loves me notShe loves me, she loves me notShe loves me, she loves me notWe-e-ll, ah've spent seven days and seven nightstryin to get sunk in this brineDon't turn on ya water-works'cause ah got me a...
- The Moon Is In The Gutter
The moon is in the gutterAnd the stars wash down the sinkI am the king of the bluesI scape the clay off my shoesAnd wade down the gutter and the moonThe moon blinds my eye with opal cataractsAs I cut through the...
- Saint Huck
Born of the river,Born of its ever-changing, never-changing murky waterOh riverboat just rollin' along through the great great greasy city Huck standing like a Saint, upon its deckIf ya wanna catch a Saint,then bait...
- Cabin Fever!
The Captain's fore-arm like bunched-up ropewith A-N-I-T-A wrigglin' free on a skull'n'daggerand a portrait of Christ, nailed to an anchoretched into his upper...O o o' Cabin Fever!O o o' Cabin Fever!Slams his ***en...
- In The Ghetto
(M. Davies) As the snow fliesOn a cold and grey Chicago mornA poor little baby child is born in the ghettoAnd his mama criesCause there's one thing that she don't needIs another little hungry mouth to feed in the...
- A Box For Black Paul
Who'll build a box for Black Paul?Ah'm enquirin on behalf of his soulAh'd be beholdin to ya allFor a lil information, just a little indicationJust who'll dig the hole?When ya done ransackin' his roomgrabbin any damn...
- Oh My Lord
I thought I'd take a walk todayIt's a mistake I sometimes makeMy children lay asleep in bedMy wife lay wide-awakeI kissed her softly on the browI tried not to make a soundBut with stony eyes she looked at meAnd gently...
- Love Letter
I hold this letter in my handA plea, a petition, a kind of prayerI hope it does as I have plannedLosing her again is more than I can bearI kiss the cold, white envelopeI press my lips against her nameTwo hundred...
- We Came Along This Road
I left by the back doorWith my wife's lover's smoking gunI don't know what I was hoping forI hit the road at a runI was your loverI was your manThere never was no otherI was your friendTill we came along this roadTill...
- As I Sat Sadly By Her Side
As I sat sadly by her sideAt the window, through the glassShe stroked a kitten in her lapAnd we watched the world as it fell pastSoftly she spoke these words to meAnd with brand new eyes, open wideWe pressed our faces...
- And No More Shall We Part
And no more shall we partIt will no longer be necessaryAnd no more will I say, dear heartI am alone and she has left meAnd no more shall we partThe contracts are drawn up, the ring is locked upon the fingerAnd never...
- The Sorrowful Wife
I married my wife on the day of the eclipseOur friends awarded her courage with giftsNow as the nights grow longer and the season shiftsI look to my sorrowful wifeWho is quietly tending her flowersWho is quietly...
- Gates To The Garden
Past the ivy-covered windows ofThe AngelDown Athenaeum Lane to the cathedralThrough the churchyard I wanderedSat for a spell there and I ponderedMy back to the gates of the gardenMy back to the gates of the gardenMy...
- Sweetheart Come
Come over here, babelt ain't that badI don't claim to understandThe troubles that you've hadBut the dogs you say they fed you toLay their muzzles in your lapAnd the lions that they led you toLie down and take a napThe...
- Hallelujah
On the first day of May I took to the roadI'd been staring out the window most of the morningI'd watched the rain claw at the glassAnd a vicious wind blew hard and fastI should have taken it as a warningAs a warning...
- Fifteen Feet Of Pure White Snow
Where is Mona?She's long goneWhere is Mary?She's taken her alongBut they haven't put their mittens onAnd there's fifteen feet of pure white snow?Where is Michael?Where is Mark?Where is MathewNow it's getting...
- God Is In The House
We've laid the cables and the wiresWe've split the wood and stoked the firesWe've lit our town so there is noPlace for crime to hideOur little church is painted whiteAnd in the safety of the nightWe all go quiet as a...
- Darker With The Day
As so with that, I thought I'd take a final walkThe tide of public opinion had started to abateThe neighbours, bless them, had turned out to be all talkI could see their frightened facespeering at me through the gateI...
- Helpless
Written by Neil Young There is a town in north OntarioAnd I take comfort from memories thereAnd in my mind I still need a place to goAll my best changes were thereBlue, blue windows behind the starsYellow moon on the...
- The Train Song
Tell me how long's the train been gone?Tell me how long's the train been gone?And was she there?And was she there?Tell me how long's the train been gone?Tell me how many coaches long?Tell me how many coaches long?What...
- Lament
I've seen your fairground hair,your seaside eyesYour vampire tooth, your little truthYour tiny lies I know your trembling hand, your guilty prizeYour sleeping limbs, your foreign hymnsYour midnight cries So dry your...
- The Witness Song
Yeah, yeahWell, wellI took a walk down to the portWhere strangers meet and do consortAll blinkered with desireAnd a winter fog moved thickly onA winter fog moved thickly onA winter fog moved thickly on Now, who will...
- Lucy
Last night I lay tremblingThe moon it was lowIt was the end of loveOf misery and woe Then suddenly above meHer face buried in lightCame a vision of beautyAll covered in white Now the bell-tower is ringingAnd the night...
- The Hammer Song
I set out on mondayThe night was cold and vastAnd my brother slept And though I left quite quietlyMy father raged and ragedAnd my mother wept Now, my life was like a riverAll sucked into the groundAnd then the hammer...
- Foi Na Cruz
Foi na cruz, foi na cruzQue um diaMeus pecados castigados em JesusFoi na cruzQue um diaFoi na cruz Love comes a-knockingComes a-knocking upon our doorBut you, you and me, loveWe don't live here any more Foi na cruz,...
- Sorrow's Child
Sorrow's child sits by the riverSorrow's child hears not the waterSorrow's child sits by the riverSorrow's child hears not the waterAnd just when it seems as thoughYou've got strength enough to standSorrow's child all...
- Nature Boy
I was just a boy when I sat downTo watch the news on TVI saw some ordinary slaughterI saw some routine atrocityMy father said, don't look awayYou got to be strong, you got to be bold, nowHe said, that in the end it is...
- Breathless
It's up in the morning and on the downsLittle white clouds like gambolling lambsAnd I am breathless over youAnd the red-breasted robin beats his wingsHis throat it trembles when he singsFor he is helpless before...
- Cannibal's Hymn
You have a heart,And I have a key,Lie back and let me unlock you,Those heathens you hang with,Down by the sea,All they wanna do is defrock you.I know a riverWhere we can dream,It will swell up,Burst its banks,...
- She Passed By My Window
She passed by my windowHer eyes were all aglowAnd bent to pick her glove she'd droppedFrom the bright and brittle snowNature had spoken it in the SpringWith apple, plum and brand new pearHave you time for my...
- Bring It On
This garden that I built for youThat you sit in now and yearnI will never leave it, dearI could not bear to returnAnd find it all untendedWith the trees all bended lowThis garden is our home, dearAnd I got nowhere...
- Still In Love
The cops are hanging around the houseThe cars outside look like they've got the bluesThe moon don't know if it's day or nightEverybody's creeping around with plastic covers on their shoesYou're making coffee for...
- Dead Man In My Bed
She sat in a wicker chair, her eyes they were downcastShe breathed in the future, by breathing out the pastThe die is done, the die is shook, the die is duly castThere is a dead man in my bed, she saidThat smile you...
- Rock Of Gibraltar
Let me say this to youI'll be steadfast and trueAnd my love will never falterThe sea would crash about usThe waves would lash about usI'll be your Rock of GibraltarSometimes it's hardAnd we're both caught off guardBut...
- There Is A Town
There is a townWhere I was bornFar far awayAcross the seaAnd in that townWhere I was bornI would dreamThat one day I would leaveAnd cross the seaAnd so it goesAnd so it seemsThat God lives only in our dreamsIn our...
- He Wants You
In his boat and through the dark he rowedChained to oar and the night and the wind that blowedHorribly ‘round his earsUnder the bridge and into your dreams he soarsWhile you lie alone in that idea-free sleep of...
- Wonderful Life
Come in, babeAcross these purple fieldsThe sun has sunk behind youAcross these purple fieldsThat idiot-boy in the corner Is speaking deviated truthsCome on, admit it, babeIt's a wonderful lifeIf you can find itIf you...
- Right Out Of Your Hand
Please forgive meIf I appear unkindBut any fool can tell youIt's all in your mindDown in the meadowThe old lion stirsPuts his hand ‘cross his mouthHe has no use for wordsPoor little girlWith your handful of snowPoor...
- Jack's Shadow
They dragged Jack and his shadowFrom the holeAnd the bulb that burned above himDid shine both day and nightAnd his shadow learned to love hisLittle darks and greater lightAnd the sun it shinedAnd the sun it shinedAnd...
- Long Time Man
Written by Tim Rose Yeah, they came to take me awaySaid I'd be sitting here for the rest of my lifeBut I don't really care - I shot my wifeAnd brother, I can't even remember the reason whyOh, it makes a long time man...
- Hard On For Love
It is for she that the cherry bleedsThat the moon is steeped in mild nad bloodThat I steal like a robberFrom her altar of loveO money lender! O clover gender!I am the fiend hid in her skirtsAnd it's as hot as hell in...
- Your Funeral... My Trial
I am a crooked manAnd I've walked a crooked mileNight, the shameless widowDoffed her weeds, in a pileThe stars all winked at meThey shamed a childYour funeral, my trial A thousand Marys lured meTo feathered beds and...
- Sad Waters
Down the road I look and there runs MaryHair of gold and lips like cherriesWe go down to the river where the willows weepTake a *** root for a lovers seatThat rose out of the bitten soilBut sound to the ground by...
- Scum
Well, I lived with oneWell, I lived with one, I lived with two,I even lived with a thirdI wanna tell you about number oneHe was a miserable shitwringing turdLike he reminded me of some evil gnomeShakin hands was like...
- She Fell Away
Once she lay open like a roadCarbed apart the madness that I stumbled fromBut she fell awayShe fell awayShed me like a skinShe fell awayLeft me holding everything Once the road lay open like a girlAnd we drank and...
- Jangling Jack
Jangling JackGoes Yackety YackVisits the home of the braveHails a fat yellow cabJack wanna celebrateJack wanna big drinkDriver drops him at a barCalled the Rinky DinkJack pushes through the doorAnd crosses the...
- Lay Me Low
They're gonna lay me low (Lay me low)They're gonna sink me in the snowThey're gonna throw back their heads and crowWhen I goThey're gonna jump and shout (Lay me low)They're gonna wave their arms aboutAll the stories...
- Loverman
There's a devil waiting outside your door(How much longer?)There's a devil waiting outside your doorIt is bucking and braying and pawing at the floorAnd he's howling with pain and crawling up the wallsThere's a devil...
- Do You Love Me? (Part 2)
Onward! And Onward! And Onward I goWhere no man before could be bothered to goTill the soles of my shoes are shot full of holesAnd it's all downhill with a bulletThis ramblin' and rovin' has taken it's courseI'm...
- I Let Love In
Despair and Deception, Love's ugly little twinsCame a-knocking on my door, I let them inDarling, you're the punishment for all of my former sinsI let love inI let love inThe door it opened just a crack, but Love was...
- Ain't Gonna Rain Anymore
Once there came a storm in the form of a girlIt blew to pieces my snug little worldSometimes I swear I can still hear her howlDown through the wreckage and the ruinsAnd it ain't gonna rain anymoreNow my baby's goneAnd...
- Thirsty Dog
I know you've heard it all beforeBut I'm sorry for this three year warFor the setting up of campsand wire and trenchesI'm sorry for the other nightI know sorry it don't make it rightI'm sorry for things I can't even...
- Red Right Hand
Take a litle walk to the edge of townGo across the tracksWhere the viaduct looms,like a bird of doomAs it shifts and cracksWhere secrets lie in the border fires,in the humming wiresHey man, you knowyou're never coming...
- Stranger Than Kindness
Stranger than kindnessBottled light from hotelsSpilling everythingWet hand from the volcanoSobers your skinStranger than Kindness You caress yourselfAnd grind my soft cold bones belowYour map of desireBurned in your...
- Henry Lee
A traditional version is also available. Get down, get down, little Henry LeeAnd stay all night with meYou won't find a girl in this damn worldThat will compare with meAnd the wind did howl and the wind did blowLa la...
- Straight To You
All the towers of ivory are crumblingAnd the swallows have sharpened their beaksThis is the time of our great undoingThis is the time that I'll come runningStraight to youFor I am capturedStraight to youFor I am...
- The Weeping Song
Go son, go down to the waterAnd see the women weeping thereThen go up into the mountainsThe men, they are weeping too Father, why are all the women weeping?They are weeping for their menThen why are all the men there...
- Nobody's Baby Now
I've searched the holy booksI tried to unravel the mystery of Jesus Christ, the saviourI've read the poets and the analystsSearched through the books on human behaviourI travelled this world aroundFor an answer that...
- From Her To Eternity
Ah wanna tell ya 'bout a girlYou know, she lives in room 29Why... Why... that's the one right up top a mineAh start to cry, Ah start to cryO Ah hear her walkin'Walkin' barefoot cross the floor-boardsAll thru this...
- Deanna
O DEANNAO Deanna!O DEANNASweet Deanna!O DEANNAYou know you are my friend, yeahO DEANNAAnd I ain't down here for your moneyI ain't down here for your loveI ain't down here for your love or moneyI'm down here for your...
- The Mercy Seat
It began when they come took me from my homeAnd put me in Dead Row,Of which I am nearly wholly innocent, you know.And I'll say it againI..am..not..afraid..to..die. I began to warm and chillTo objects and their...
- Are You The One That I've Been Waiting For?
I've felt you coming girl, as you drew nearI knew you'd find me, cause I longed you hereAre you my desitiny? Is this how you'll appear?Wrapped in a coat with tears in your eyes?Well take that coat babe, and throw it...
- Tupelo
Looka yonder! Looka yonder!Looka yonder! A big black cloud come!A big black cloud come!O comes to Tupelo. Comes to TupeloYonder on the horizonYonder on the horizonStopped at the mighty riverStopped at the mighty river...
- Henry Lee (Nick Cave Version)
Get down, get down, little Henry LeeAnd stay all night with meYou won't find a girl in this damn worldThat will compare with meAnd the wind did howl and the wind did blowLa la la la laLa la la la leeA little bird lit...
- Where The Wild Roses Grow
They call me The Wild RoseBut my name was Elisa DayWhy they call me it I do not knowFor my name was Elisa Day From the first day I saw her I knew she was the oneShe stared in my eyes and smiledFor her lips were the...
- Do You Love Me?
I found her on a night of fire and noiseWild bells rang in a wild skyI knew from that moment onI'll love her till the day that I diedAnd I kissed away a thousand tearsMy lady of the Various SorrowsSome begged, some...
- The Carny
And no-one saw the carny goAnd the weeks flew byUntil they moved on the showLeaving his caravan behindIt was parked out on the south east ridgeAnd as the company crossed the bridgeWith the first rain filling the...
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