He Wants You Nick Cave

In his boat and through the dark he rowed Chained to oar and the night and the wind that blowed Horribly 'round his ears Under the bridge and into your dreams he soars While you lie alone in that idea-free

Jack The Ripper (2010 Remastered Ver.) Nick Cave

kiss I got a woman She strikes me down with a fist of lead I got a woman She strikes me down with a fist of lead We bed in a bucket of butcher's knives A awake with a hatchet hanging over my head Well you

Scum Nick Cave

Well, I lived with one Well, I lived with one, I lived with two, I even lived with a third I wanna tell you about number one He was a miserable shitwringing turd Like he reminded me of some evil gnome

Sugar Sugar Sugar Nick Cave

Sugar Sugar Sugar That man is bad The road he drives you down O sugar its a drag That road it twists That road is crossed Its down that road A lot of little girls go lost Sugar Sugar Sugar Keep on driving

Stagger Lee Nick Cave

It was back in '32 when times were hard He had a Colt .45 and a deck of cards Stagger Lee He wore rat-drawn shoes and an old stetson hat Had a '28 Ford, had payments on that Stagger Lee His

Where The Wild Roses Grow Nick Cave

was Elisa Day From the first day I saw her I knew she was the one She stared in my eyes and smiled For her lips were the colour of the roses That grew down the river, all bloody and wild When he

Where The Wild Roses Grow Nick Cave

was Elisa Day From the first day I saw her I knew she was the one She stared in my eyes and smiled For her lips were the colour of the roses That grew down the river, all bloody and wild When he

Loverman Nick Cave

Since the world began Forever, Amen Till the end of time Take off that dress I'm coming down I'm your loverman Cause I am what I am what I am what I am L is for LOVE baby O is for ONLY you that

Red Right Hand Nick Cave

He'll get you some You ain't got no car?

Papa Won't You Leave, Henry (2010 Remastered Ver.) Nick Cave

no need to cry And I went on down the road He went on down the road And I went on down the road He went on down the road Well, the moon it looked exhausted Like something you should pity Spent an age-spotted

Sunday's Slave Nick Cave

table Wednesday dare not complain My heart has collapsed on the tracks of a run-a-way train Just whisper his name And here comes Sunday's slave The hands in the stable are willing and able to pay If you

The Good Son Nick Cave

One more man gone One more man gone One more man is gone The good son walks into the field He is a tiller, he has a tiller's hands But down in his heart now He lays down his queer plans Against his brother

Into My Arms Nick Cave

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

Dead Man In My Bed Nick Cave

wicker chair, her eyes they were downcast She breathed in the future, by breathing out the past The die is done, the die is shook, the die is duly cast There is a dead man in my bed, she said That smile you

Are You The One That I've Been Waiting For? Nick Cave

I've felt you coming girl, as you drew near I knew you'd find me, cause I longed you here Are you my desitiny? Is this how you'll appear? Wrapped in a coat with tears in your eyes?

O'malley's Bar Nick Cave

marked by darkness and by blood and one thousand powder-burns" well you know those fish with the swollen lips that clean the ocean floor?

The Six Strings That Drew Blood Nick Cave

He got Six Strings. The Six Strings that drew blood. The bar is full of Holy-Joes. A Holy-hole-a-whole-aria. Around the neck of our consumptive rose is the root of all his sorrows. O yeah.

Right Out Of Your Hand Nick Cave

Please forgive me If I appear unkind But any fool can tell you It's all in your mind Down in the meadow The old lion stirs Puts his hand 'cross his mouth He has no use for words Poor little girl With your

Jangling Jack Nick Cave

the winners The good guys and the sinners The grinning man says, Buddy It's all Yackety Yack Whips out a little black pistol Shoots a bullet in Jack Jangling Jack Do Da Do Do Da Do Jangling Jack How do you

Blind Lemon Jefferson Nick Cave

He don't drive no Cadillac. O his road is dark and holy. He don't drive no cadillac. If that sky serves as his eyes Then that moons a cataract. Let's roll! Yeah let's roll! (Ad lib

Jacks Shadow Nick Cave

Spat from their dirty dungeons Into a truly different din Shat from their institutions Into a fully different din And his shadow soon became a wife And children plagued his latter life Until one night he

Up Jumped The Devil Nick Cave

her belly With a stanley knife My daddy did a jig With the drunk midwife Who's that younder all in flames Dragging behind him a sack of chains Who's that younder all in flames Up jumped the Devil and he

song of joy Nick Cave

Have mercy on me, sir Allow me to impose on you I have no place to stay And my bones are cold right through I will tell you a story Of a man and his family And I swear that it is true Ten years

There Is A Light (Batman Forever Soundtrack) Nick Cave

I'm going downtown Daddy-O What ya gunna do when you get there, girl? I'm gunna get messed up in a God-Shaped Hole Hey Mr Hophead, what ya gunna do?

The Curse Of Millhaven Nick Cave

I live in a town called Millhaven And it's small and it's mean and it's cold But if you come around just as the sun goes down You can watch the whole town turn to gold It's around about then that

The Kindness Of Strangers Nick Cave

hungry, she'd grown up poor She left her home in Arkansas O poor Mary Bellows She wanted to see the deep blue sea She travelled across Tennessee O poor Mary Bellows She met a man along the way He

Tupelo (Single Version) Nick Cave

O ma-ma rock you lil one slow. O ma-ma rock your baby. O ma-ma rock your lil one slow. O God help Tupelo! O God help Tupelo! Mama rock your lil one slow. The lil one will walk on Tupelo. Tupelo-o-o!

Hard On For Love Nick Cave

moving in) Coming at her like Lazarus from above Hard on for love hard on for love Hard on for love hard on for love The Lord is my shepard I shall not want The Lord is my shepard I shall not want But he

Tupelo Nick Cave

In a shoebox buried with a ribbon of red O ma-ma rock you lil' one slow O ma-ma rock your baby O ma-ma rock your lil' one slow O God help Tupelo! O God help Tupelo!

The Carny Nick Cave

hired hands There was not one among them that did not cast an eye behind In the hope that the carny would return to his own kind And the carny had a horse, all skin and bone A bow-backed nag, that he

Where The Wild Roses Grow Featuring Nick Cave

Elisa Day From the first day I saw her I knew she was the one As she stared in my eyes and smiled For her lips were the colour of the roses That grew down the river, all bloody and wild When he

City Of Refuge Nick Cave

You better run You better run and run and run You better run You better run You better run to the City of Refuge You better run You better run You better run to the City of Refuge You stand before your

Do You Love Me? Nick Cave

tears My lady of the Various Sorrows Some begged, some borowed, some stolen Some kept safe for tomorrow On and endless night, silver star spangled The bells from the chapel went jingle-jangle Do you

The Mercy Seat Nick Cave

It began when they come took me from my home And put me in Dead Row, Of which I am nearly wholly innocent, you know. And I'll say it again I..am..not..afraid..to..die.

Straight To You Nick Cave

All the towers of ivory are crumbling And the swallows have sharpened their beaks This is the time of our great undoing This is the time that I'll come running Straight to you For I am captured

Knockin' On Joe Nick Cave

These chains of sorrow, they are heavy, it is true And these locks cannot be broken, no, not with one thousand keys O Jailer, you wear a ball-n-chain you cannot see You can lay your burden on me You can

Wonderful Life Nick Cave

Come in, babe Across these purple fields The sun has sunk behind you Across these purple fields That idiot-boy in the corner Is speaking deviated truths Come on, admit it, babe It's a wonderful life If

The Ship Song Nick Cave

Come sail your ships around me And burn your bridges down We make a little history, baby Every time you come around Come loose your dogs upon me And let your hair hang down You are a little mystery to

She Passed By My Window Nick Cave

She passed by my window Her eyes were all aglow And bent to pick her glove she'd dropped From the bright and brittle snow Nature had spoken it in the Spring With apple, plum and brand new pear Have you

Say Goodbye To The Little Girl Nick Cave

O you know that I must say goodbye To the little girl tree. This wall I built around you Is made out of stone-lies. O little girl the truth would be An axe in thee.

Straight To You (2010 Remastered Ver.) Nick Cave

All the towers of ivory are crumbling And the swallows have sharpened their beaks This is the time of our great undoing This is the time that I'll come running Straight to you For I am captured Straight

Still In Love Nick Cave

it's day or night Everybody's creeping around with plastic covers on their shoes You're making coffee for everyone concerned Someone points to this and someone points to that Everyone is saying that you

Death Is Not The End Nick Cave

When you're sad and when you're lonely And you haven't got a friend Just remember that death is not the end And all that you held sacred Falls down and does not mend Just remember that death is

Lay Me Low Nick Cave

mother (Lay me low) But they'll end up getting my brother Who'll spill the story on some long-gone lover That I hardly know Hats off to the man On top of the world Come crawl up here, baby And I'll show you

Lucy Nick Cave

was the end of love Of misery and woe The suddenly above me Her face buried in light Came a vision of beauty All covered in white Now the bell-tower is ringing And the night has stole past O Lucy, can you

I Had A Dream Joe (2010 Remastered Ver.) Nick Cave

I had a dream I had a dream I had a dream, Joe I had a dream, Joe You were standing in the middle of an open road I had a dream, Joe Your hands were raised up to the sky And your mouth was covered in foam

Wanted Man Nick Cave

I'm a wanted man in California, I'm a wanted man in Buffalo I'm a wanted man in Kansas City, I'm a wanted man in Ohio I'm a wanted man in Mississippi, They want me in old Cheyenne Wherever you may look

Rock Of Gibraltar Nick Cave

Let me say this to you I'll be steadfast and true And my love will never falter The sea would crash about us The waves would lash about us I'll be your Rock of Gibraltar Sometimes it's hard And we're both

The Witness Song Nick Cave

with weeds And behold from its centre there rose a great fountain The fountain with the healing waters And we knelt down by the rim And I dipped my hand in And she dipped her hand in too And I said "Are you

Sorrow's Child Nick Cave

hears not the water And just when it seems as though You've got strength enough to stand Sorrow's child all weak and strange Stands waiting at your hand Sorrow's child steps in the water Sorrow's child you