Into My Arms Nick Cave

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 if He felt He had to direct you Then direct you into

The Ship Song Nick Cave

come around Come loose your dogs upon me And let your hair hang down You are a little mystery to me Every time you come around We talk about it all night long We define our moral ground But when I crawl into

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

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

Into My Arms Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

my arms Into my arms, oh Lord Into my arms, oh Lord Into my arms, oh Lord Into my arms And I don\'t believe in the existence of angels But looking at you I wonder if that\'s true But if I did

Jacks Shadow Nick Cave

learned to love his Little darks and greater light And the sun it shined And the sun it shined And the sun it shined A little longer Jack wept and kissed his shadow "Goodbye" Spat from their dirty dungeons Into

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

was Autumn time and thickly fell the leaves And in that dream, Joe A pimp in seersucker suit sucked a toothpick And pointed his finger at me I had a dream, I had a dream, I had a dream, Joe I opened my

Mercy Nick Cave

I stood in the water In the middle month of winter My camel skin was torture I was in a state of nature The wind, sir, it was wicked I was so alone Just as I predicted My followers were gone And I cried

Sad Waters Nick Cave

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 to the ground by creeping ivy coils O Mary you have seduced my

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

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 past beside the mission house Where that mad old buzzard

Red Right Hand Nick Cave

coming back Past the square, past the bridge, past the mills, past the stacks On a gathering storm comes a tall handsome man In a dusty black coat with a red right hand He'll wrap you in his arms

Black Crow King Nick Cave

"I just made a simple gesture They jumped up and nailed it to my shadow My gesture was a hooker You know, my shadow's made of timber."

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

Thirsty Dog Nick Cave

things I can't even mention I'm sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry I'm sitting feeling sorry in the Thirsty Dog I'm sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry I'm feeling very sorry in the Thirsty Dog You keep nailing me back into

Knockin' On Joe Nick Cave

Death Row floors O Preacher, come closer, you don't scare me anymore Just tell Nancy not to come here Just tell her not to come here anymore Tell Nancy not to come And let me die in the memory of her arms

Bring It On Nick Cave

low This garden is our home, dear And I got nowhere else to go So bring it on Bring it on Every little tear Bring it on Every useless fear Bring it on All your shattered dreams And I'll scatter them into

The Mercy Seat Nick Cave

my food All things either good or ungood.

Scum Nick Cave

Well you're on the shit list Thrust and twist, twist and screw You gave me a bad review And maybe you think that it's all just water under the bridge Well my UNfriend, I'm the type that holds a grudge

Say Goodbye To The Little Girl Nick Cave

O you know that I must say goodbye To my little girl tree. How fast your candy bones Reached out for me. I must say goodbye to your brittle bones Crying out for me.

Train Long-Suffering Nick Cave

Punched from the tunnel (The tunnel of love is long and lonely) Engines steaming like a fist (A fistful of memories) Into the jolly jaw of morning (Yeah! O yeah!) O baby it gets smashed!

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

From Her To Eternity Nick Cave

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!!!

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

Sorrow's Child Nick Cave

And just when you thought as though All your tears were wept and done Sorrow's child grieves not what has passed But all the past still yet to come Sorrow's child sits by the water Sorrow's child your arms

Blind Lemon Jefferson Nick Cave

Stretch your arms across the storm. Down fly two greasy brother-crows They hop'n'bop hop'n'bop hop'n'bop Like the tax-man come to call. They go knock knock! Knock knock!

Christina The Astonishing (2010 Remastered Ver.) Nick Cave

to the rafters Perched on a beam up there Cried "The stink of human sin Is more that I can bear" Christina the Astonishing Was the most astonishing of all She prayed balanced on a hurdle Or curled up into

Deanna Nick Cave

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 money I'm down here for your soul No

The Witness Song Nick Cave

fog moved thickly on Now, who will be the witness When the fog's too thick to see And I saw a friend beside a wall Her hands were raised in supplication And her face I could not see at all And I raised my

Still In Love Nick Cave

ain't having none of that And I say to the sleepy summer rain With a complete absence of pain You might think I'm crazy But I'm still in love with you Hide your eyes, hide your tears, Hide your face, my

Wonderful Life Nick Cave

deviated truths Come on, admit it, babe It's a wonderful life If you can find it If you can find it If you can find it It's a wonderful life that you bring Ooh it's a wonderful thing Speak our secret into

Watching Alice Nick Cave

after year Up in her palace, she's captive there Alice's body Is golden brown Her hair hangs down As she stoops to conquer me First she pulls her stocking on And then the church bell chimes Alice climbes into

The Six Strings That Drew Blood Nick Cave

Guitar thug blew into town. His eyes like wheels spinnin' round. Jerkin-off at every sound. Layin' all his crosses down. O yeah. He got Six Strings. The Six Strings that drew blood.

O'malley's Bar Nick Cave

I am tall and I am thin of an enviable height and I've been known to be quite handsome from a certain angle and in a certain light well I entered into O'Malley's said: "O'Malley I have great thirst" O'Malley

If I Didn't Know You Nick Fradiani

on Instead of holding you in my arms And honey you lift me up When all of my hope is gone The sun out here have a way When I can't take it Make me want to go on, oh But now I've come to believe that When

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?

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 Curse Of Millhaven Nick Cave

name is Loretta but I prefer Lottie I'm closing in on my fifteenth year And if you think you have seen a pair of eyes more green Then you sure didn't see them around here My hair is yellow and I'm

The Kindness Of Strangers Nick Cave

a man along the way He introduced himself as Richard Slade O poor Mary Bellows Poor Mary thought that she might die When she saw the ocean for the first time O poor Mary Bellows She checked into

Jangling Jack Nick Cave

Going Do da do Going Do da do Well Jangling Jack As a matter of fact Crawls through the crowd Back into the bar Jack crawls to his stool Jack drags himself up Falls back down on his arse In a puddle of

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

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

Ain't Gonna Rain Anymore Nick Cave

Once there came a storm in the form of a girl It blew to pieces my snug little world And sometimes I swear I can still hear her howl Down through the wreckage and the ruins And it ain't gonna rain anymore

Up Jumped The Devil Nick Cave

O My O My What a wretched life I was born on the day That my poor mother died I was cut from her belly With a stanley knife My daddy did a jig With the drunk midwife Who's that younder all in flames Dragging

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

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 smiled

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 smiled

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?

The Carny Nick Cave

peering from their wagon's hind Moses says to Noah "We shoulda dugga deepa one" Their grizzled faces like dying moons Still dirty from the digging done And as the company passed from the valley Into

Hard On For Love Nick Cave

My aim is to hit this Miss And I'm moving in (I'm 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

Your Funeral My Trial Nick Cave

I am a crooked man And I've walked a crooked mile Night, the shameless widow Doffed her weeds, in a pile The stars all winked at me They shamed a child Your funeral, my trial A thousand Marys lured me