Sweetheart Come Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Come over here, babe lt ain't that bad I don't claim to understand The troubles that you've had But the dogs you say they fed you to Lay their muzzles in your lap And the lions that they led you to Lie

Foi Na Cruz Nick Cave

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Stagger Lee Nick Cave

ice and snow And told him, "Never ever come back no more" Stagger Lee So he walked through the rain and he walked through the mud Till he came to a place called The Bucket Of Blood Stagger Lee

Long Time Man Nick Cave

Yeah, they came to take me away Said I'd be sitting here for the rest of my life But I don't really care - I shot my wife And brother, I can't even remember the reason why [Chorus:] Oh, it makes a long

Scum Nick Cave

Well then he hooked up with some slut from the same game Black snow! Black snow!

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

The Ship Song Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

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

Mermaids Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

rocks They are beyond our touch I watch and watch Wave at me They wave at me They wave and slip Back into the sea [Chorus] And all the ones who come And all the ones who go Down to the water And all the

Straight To You Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

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

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

The Sorrowful Wife Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

The water is high on the beckoning river I made her a promise I could not deliver And the cry of the birds sends a terrible shiver Through me and my sorrowful wife Who is shifting the furniture around

Tupelo Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

A big black cloud come! A big black cloud come! O comes to Tupelo.

Love Letter Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

I hold this letter in my hand A plea, a petition, a kind of prayer I hope it does as I have planned Losing her again is more than I can bear I kiss the cold, white envelope I press my lips against her

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

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

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

Tupelo Nick Cave

A big black cloud come! A big black cloud come! O comes to Tupelo.

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

Henry Lee Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

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 la la

Sunday's Slave Nick Cave

Monday's got one too Our sufferings are countless Our pleasures are motley few Spend all day digging my grave Now go get Sunday's slave Tuesday sleeps in a stable Wednesday's in a chains Tuesday gathers up the

Stagger Lee Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

ice and snow And told him, "Never ever come back no more" Stagger Lee So he walked through the rain and he walked through the mud Till he came to a place called The Bucket Of Blood Stagger Lee He said

Saint Huck Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

'O come to me!, O come to me!' is what the dirty city say to Huck... HUCK woah-woah, woah woah! woah-woah, woah woah! Saint Huck! Huck!

There Is A Kingdom Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

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

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

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

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

Blind Lemon Jefferson Nick Cave

His last ditch lies down the road of trials Half filled with rain. O Sycamore, Sycamore! Stretch your arms across the storm.

God Is In The House Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

We've laid the cables and the wires We've split the wood and stoked the fires We've lit our town so there is no Place for crime to hide Our little church is painted white And in the safety of the night

Knockin' On Joe Nick Cave

This square foot of sky will be mine til I die Knocking on Joe Woooo wooo wooo All down the row. Knockin on Joe.

There Is A Light (Batman Forever Soundtrack) Nick Cave

I'm going downtown for some bad ju-ju Ya going downtown too, Mr. Gigolo? Damn right I am, Daddy-O...

Lay Me Low Nick Cave

They're gonna lay me low (Lay me low) They're gonna sink me in the snow They're gonna throw back their heads and crow When I go They're gonna jump and shout (Lay me low) They're gonna wave their arms about

Dead Man In My Bed Nick Cave

She sat in a 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

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.

City Of Refuge Nick Cave

maker In a state of shame Bacause your robes are covered in mud While your kneel at the feet Of a woman of the street The gutters will run with blood They will run with blood!

Tupelo (Single Version) Nick Cave

A big black cloud come! O comes to Tupelo. Comes to Tupelo. Yonder on the horizon. Stopped at the mighty river and Sucked the damn thing dry. Tupelo-o-o, O Tupelo.

The Weeping Song Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

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?

People Ain't No Good Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

blossoms come sailing down Through the streets and through the playgrounds The sun would stream on the sheets Awoken by the morning bird We'd buy the Sunday newspapers And never read a single word

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

A Box For Black Paul Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Here is the hammer, that built the scaffold, and built the box... Here is the shovel, that dug the hole, in this ground of rocks... And here is the pile of stones!

Lightning Bolts Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Two lightning bolts were delivered to my room They were gifts from Zeus I rock the bolts in a bassinet of pine People ask me how I am I say, "I'm all right, I'm fine" [Verse 2] I push the lightning bolts

Sorrow's Child Nick Cave

Sorrow's child sits by the river Sorrow's child hears not the water Sorrow's child sits by the river Sorrow's child hears not the water And just when it seems as though You've got strength enough to stand

Idiot Prayer Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

there If you\'re in Hell, then what can I say You probably deserved it anyway I guess I\'m gunna find out any day For we\'ll meet again And there\'ll be Hell to pay Your face comes to me from the

From Her To Eternity Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

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 floor-boards All thru this lonesome night Ah hear her crying too.

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?

Hallelujah Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

On the first day of May I took to the road I'd been staring out the window most of the morning I'd watched the rain claw at the glass And a vicious wind blew hard and fast I should have taken it as a warning

I Let Love In Nick Cave

Despair and Deception, Love's ugly little twins Came a-knocking on my door, I let them in Darling, you're the punishment for all my former sins I let love in The door it opened just a crack, but love was

Where Do We Go Now But Nowhere? Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

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 fucked up the sun And then

Darker With The Day Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

I remembered other ones who had died from the lack of it And in my best shoes I started falling forward down the street I stopped at a church and jostled through the crowd And love followed just

The Curse Of Millhaven Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

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 I used

Do You Love Me? Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

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 Sorrows