Sad Waters Nick Cave

hostage of your child's world And then I ran my tin-cup heart along The prison of her ribs And with a toss of her curls That little girl goes wading in Rollin her dress up past her knee Turning these waters

Crow Jane Nick Cave

dare not name She lives alone by the river The rolling rivers of pain Crow Jane Crow Jane Crow Jane Ah hah huh There is one shining eye on a hard-hat The company closed down the mine Winking on waters

The Ship Song Nick Cave

But when I crawl into your arms Everything comes tumbling down Come sail your ships around me And burn your bridges down We make a little history, baby Every time you come around Your face has fallen sad

Train Long-Suffering Nick Cave

That's a sad lookin sack! Oooh that's a sad lookin sack! And the name of the pain is... And the name of the pain is... Ooh the name of the pain is A train long-suffering There is a train!

The Witness Song Nick Cave

beyond the wall was a great garden Into which we passed Me and my friend And the place was all overgrown with weeds And behold from its centre there rose a great fountain The fountain with the healing waters

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

The Carny Nick Cave

caravan behind It was parked out on the south east ridge And as the company crossed the bridge With the first rain filling the bone-dry river bed It shone, just so, upon the edge Away, away, we're sad

song of joy Nick Cave

toward their their end On that you can be sure La la la la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la la la Then one morning I awoke to find her weeping And for many days to follow She grew so sad

Foi Na Cruz Nick Cave

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (l,m) Cave (p) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds < Nick Cave: vocals, piano, hammond, harmonica; Mick Harvey: bass, acoustic guitar,

Henry Lee (Nick Cave version) Nick Cave

Get down, get down, little Henry Lee And stay all night with me You won't find a girl in this damn world That will compare with me And the wind did howl and the wind did blow La la la la la La la ...

Where The Wild Roses Grow Nick Cave

They call me The Wild Rose But my name was Elisa Day Why they call me it I do not know For my name was Elisa Day From the first day I saw her I knew she was the one She stared in my eyes and smil...

Tupelo Nick Cave

Looka yonder! Looka yonder! Looka yonder! A big black cloud come! A big black cloud come! O comes to Tupelo. Comes to Tupelo Yonder on the horizon Yonder on the horizon Stopped at the mighty rive...

Deanna Nick Cave

O DEANNA O Deanna! O DEANNA Sweet Deanna! O DEANNA You know you are my friend, yeah O DEANNA And I ain't down here for your money I ain't down here for your love I ain't down here for your love or...

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 woma...

Henry Lee Nick Cave

Get down, get down, little Henry Lee And stay all night with me You won't find a girl in this damn world That will compare with me And the wind did howl and the wind did blow La la la la la La la ...

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 leav...

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. I began to warm and chill T...

Where The Wild Roses Grow Nick Cave

They call me The Wild Rose But my name was Elisa Day Why they call me it I do not know For my name was Elisa Day From the first day I saw her I knew she was the one She stared in my eyes and smil...

Red Right Hand Nick Cave

Take a litle walk to the edge of town Go across the tracks Where the viaduct looms, like a bird of doom As it shifts and cracks Where secrets lie in the border fires, in the humming wires Hey man,...

Let It Be Nick Cave

When I find myself in times of trouble Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be. And in my hour of darkness She is standing right in front of me Speaking words of wisdom, let it...

Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division Cover) Nick Cave

When routine bites hard, And ambitions are low. And resentment rides high, But emotions won\'t grow. And we\'re changing our ways, Taking different roads. Love, love will tear us apart again. Love...

From Her To Eternity Nick Cave

Ah wanna tell ya 'bout a girl You know, she lives in room 29 Why... Why... that's the one right up top a mine Ah start to cry, Ah start to cry O Ah hear her walkin' Walkin' barefoot cross the flo...

Nobody's Baby Now Nick Cave

I've searched the holy books I tried to unravel the mystery of Jesus Christ, the saviour I've read the poets and the analysts Searched through the books on human behaviour I travelled this world a...

Henry Lee Nick Cave

A traditional version is also available. Get down, get down, little Henry Lee And stay all night with me You won't find a girl in this damn world That will compare with me And the wind did howl a...

Loverman Nick Cave

There's a devil waiting outside your door (How much longer) Bucking and braying and paywing the floor Well, he's howling with pain and crawling up the walls There's a devil waiting outside your doo...

The Weeping Song Nick Cave

Go son, go down to the water And see the women weeping there Then go up into the mountains The men, they are weeping too Father, why are all the women weeping? They are weeping for their men Then...

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? Well take that ...

Black Crow King Nick Cave

Mmmmm Mmmmm Mmmmm I am the black crow king Mmmmm Mmmmm Mmmmm I am the black crow king Keeper of the nodding corn Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! All the hammers are a-talking All the nails are a-singing So swe...

Lovely Creature Nick Cave

There she stands, this lovely creature There she stands, there she stands With her hair full of ribbons And green gloves on her hands So I asked this lovely creature Yes, I asked. Yes I asked Wou...

Let It Be (Beatles Cover) Nick Cave

When I find myself in times of trouble Mother mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be. And in my hour of darkness She is standing right in front of me Speaking words of wisdom, let it ...

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 St...

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

They found Mary Bellows cuffed to the bed With a rag in her mouth and a bullet in her head O poor Mary Bellows She'd grown up hungry, she'd grown up poor She left her home in Arkansas O poor Mary...

Stranger than Kindness Nick Cave

Stranger than kindness Bottled light from hotels Spilling everything Wet hand from the volcano Sobers your skin Stranger than Kindness You caress yourself And grind my soft cold bones below Your ...

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 i...

Do You Love Me? Nick Cave

I found her on a night of fire and noise Wild bells rang in a wild sky I knew from that moment on I'll love her till the day that I died And I kissed away a thousand tears My lady of the Various S...

Wonderful Life Nick Cave

Come in, babeAcross these purple fieldsThe sun has sunk behind youAcross these purple fieldsThat idiot-boy in the cornerIs speaking deviated truthsCome on, admit it, babeIt's a wonderful lifeIf you...

Right Out Of Your Hand Nick Cave

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 h...

Bring It On Nick Cave

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, dearA...

Dead Man In My Bed Nick Cave

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 ...

Still In Love Nick Cave

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 mak...

There Is A Town Nick Cave

There is a townWhere I was bornFar far awayAcross the seaAnd in that townWhere I was bornI would dreamThat one dayI would leaveAnd cross the seaAnd so it goesAnd so it seemsThat God lives only in o...

Rock Of Gibraltar Nick Cave

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...

She Passed By My Window Nick Cave

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 t...

Babe, I'm On Fire Nick Cave

Father says it, mother says itSister says it, brother says itUncle says it, Auntie says itEveryone at the party saysBabe, I'm on fireBabe, I'm on fireThe horse says it, the pig says itThe judge in ...

O'malley's Bar Nick Cave

I am tall and I am thinof an enviable heightand I've been known to be quite handsomefrom a certain angle and in a certain lightwell I entered into O'Malley'ssaid: "O'Malley I have great thirst"O'Ma...

There Is A Light (Batman Forever Soundtrack) Nick Cave

Hey there sugar where ya gunna go?I'm going downtown Daddy-OWhat ya gunna do when you get there, girl?I'm gunna get messed up in a God-Shaped HoleHey Mr Hophead, what ya gunna do?I'm going downtown...

The Good Son Nick Cave

One more man goneOne more man goneOne more man is goneThe 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 brothe...

Sorrow's Child Nick Cave

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 sta...

The Hammer Song Nick Cave

I set out on mondayThe night was cold and vastAnd my brother sleptAnd though I left quite quietlyMy father raged and ragedAnd my mother weptNow, my life was like a riverAll sucked into the groundAn...