Brother My Cup Is Empty Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Brother, my cup is empty And I haven't got a penny For to buy no more whiskey I have to go home I am the captain of my pain Tis the bit, the bridle, The trashing cane The stirrup, the harness

Foi Na Cruz Nick Cave

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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

Brompton Oratory Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

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

The Singer Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

(Cash, Daniels) As I walk these narrow streets Where a million passin feet have trod before me With my guitar in my hand Suddenly I realize nobody knows me Where yesterday the multitude Screamed and cried

The Mercy Seat Nick Cave

I began to warm and chill To objects and their fields, A ragged cup, a twisted mop The face of Jesus in my soup Those sinister dinner meals The meal trolley's wicked wheels A hooked bone rising from

The Good Son Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

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

Idiot Prayer Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

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?

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

The Mercy Seat Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

I began to warm and chill To objects and their fields, A ragged cup, a twisted mop The face of Jesus in my soup Those sinister dinner meals The meal trolley's wicked wheels A hooked bone rising from

Sad Waters Nick Cave

Down the road I look and there runs Mary Hair of gold and lips like cherries We go down to the river where the willows weep Take a naked root for a lovers seat That rose out of the bitten soil But sound

Blind Lemon Jefferson Nick Cave

Bline Lemon Jefferson is a-coming. Tap tap tappin with his cane. Bline Lemon Jefferson is a-coming. Tap tap tappin with his cane. His last ditch lies down the road of trials Half filled with rain.

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

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

Death Is Not The End Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

end Not the end, not the end Just remember that death is not the end When you're standing on the crossroads That you cannot comprehend Just remember that death is not the end And all your dreams have

Sunday's Slave Nick Cave

Sunday's got a slave Monday's got one too Sunday's got a slave 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

The Six Strings That Drew Blood Nick Cave

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. He got Six Strings.

Death Is Not The End Nick Cave

not the end Not the end, not the end Just remember that death is not the end When you're standing on the crossroads That you cannot comprehend Just remember that death is not the end And all

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!

The Hammer Song Nick Cave

I set out on monday The night was cold and vast And my brother slept And though I left quite quietly My father raged and raged And my mother wept Now, my life was like a river All sucked into the ground

As I Sat Sadly By Her Side Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

As I sat sadly by her side At the window, through the glass She stroked a kitten in her lap And we watched the world as it fell past Softly she spoke these words to me And with brand new eyes, open wide

The Curse Of Millhaven Nick Cave

I used to go a-roaming Singing La la la la La la la lie All God's children they all gotta die My name is Loretta but I prefer Lottie I'm closing in on my fifteenth year And if you think you have

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

Babe, I'm On Fire Nick Cave

Father says it, mother says it Sister says it, brother says it Uncle says it, Auntie says it Everyone at the party says Babe, I'm on fire Babe, I'm on fire The horse says it, the pig says it The judge

Lay Me Low Nick Cave

All the stories will come out When I go All the stars will glow bright (Lay me low) And my friends will give up the fight They'll see my work in a different light When I go They'll try telephoning my

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

Fifteen Feet Of Pure White Snow Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Where is Mathew Now it's getting dark? Where is John?

The Carnival Is Over Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Farian) Say goodbye, my one true lover And we'll steal a lover's song How it breaks my heart to leave you Now the carnival has gone Oh my love, the dawn is breaking And my tears are falling rain For the

The Sorrowful Wife Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

I married my wife on the day of the eclipse Our friends awarded her courage with gifts Now as the nights grow longer and the season shifts I look to my sorrowful wife Who is quietly tending her flowers

Scum Nick Cave

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

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...

The Moon Is In The Gutter Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

The moon is in the gutter And the stars wash down the sink I am the king of the blues I scape the clay off my shoes And wade down the gutter and the moon The moon blinds my eye with opal cataracts As I

Muddy Water Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Bundrick) Mary, grab the baby, the river's rising Muddy water taking back the land The old-frame house, she can't take-a one more beating Ain't no use to stay and make a stand Well the morning light shows

Long Black Veil Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Wilkins) She walks these hills in a long black veil She visits my grave when the night winds wail Nobody knows, nobody sees Nobody knows but me Ten years ago, on a cold dark night Someone was killed '

Black Crow King Nick Cave

And the storm is a-rolling And the storm is a-rolling All down on me.

Black Hair Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

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

Avalanche Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

(Leonard Cohen) I stepped into an avalanche It covered up my soul When I am not this hunchback that you see I sleep beneath the golden hill You who wish to conquer pain You must learn to serve me well

Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

(Greenaway, Cooke) Something's gotten hold of my heart Keeping my soul and my senses apart Something's gotten into my life Cutting its way through my dreams like a knife Turning me up and turning me down

Jack The Ripper Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

I got a woman She rules my house with an iron fist I got a woman She rules my house with an iron fist She screams out Jack the Ripper Every time I try to give that girl a kiss I got a woman She

Hard On For Love Nick Cave

It is for she that the cherry bleeds That the moon is steeped in mild nad blood That I steal like a robber From her altar of love O money lender! O clover gender!

Papa Won't Leave You Henry Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

I went out walking the other day The wind hung wet around my neck My head it rung with screams and groans From the night I spent amongst her bones I passed beside the mission house Where that mad

The Curse Of Millhaven Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

to go a-roaming Singing La la la la La la la lie All God's children they all gotta die My name is Loretta but I prefer Lottie I'm closing in on my fifteenth year And if you think you have seen a pair

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!

From Her To Eternity Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Hot-tears come splashin on down Leaking thru the cracks, Down upon my face, Ah catch'em in my mouth! Ah catch'em in my mouth! Ah catch'em in my mouth! Walk'n'cry Walk'n'cry-y!!!

Jacks Shadow Nick Cave

They dragged Jack and his shadow From the hole And the bulb that burned above him Did shine both day and night And his shadow learned to love his Little darks and greater light And the sun it shined And

When I First Came To Town (2010 Remastered Ver.) Nick Cave

round a friend O how quickly they changed their tune Suspicion and dark murmurs surround me Everywhere I go they confound me As though the blood on my hands Is there for every citizen to see O sweet Jesus

Song Of Joy Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

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 ago I

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

Jack The Ripper (2010 Remastered Ver.) Nick Cave

I got a woman SHe rules my house with an iron fist I got a woman She rules my house with an iron fist She screams out Jack the Ripper Every time I try to give that girl a kiss I got a woman She strikes

Nobody's Baby Now Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

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 around