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

Knockin' On Joe Nick Cave

lay your burden down on me You can lay your burden down upon me But you cannot lay down those memories.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Turned away on your side. Is my timing that flawed? Our respect run so dry? Yet there\'s still this appeal, That we\'ve kept through our lives. Love, love will tear us apart again.

Loverman Nick Cave

He's weak with evil and broken by the world He's shouting your name and asking for more There's a devil waiting outisde your door Lover man!

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?

Still In Love Nick Cave

is saying that you should lie down But you 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

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

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

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

O'malley's Bar Nick Cave

gun chamber upon chamber and when I turned my gun on the bird-like Mr.

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

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

Thirsty Dog Nick Cave

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 my

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

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

Say Goodbye To The Little Girl Nick Cave

O father look to your daughter Brick of grief and stricken morter. With this ring This silver hoop of wire I bind your maiden mainstream Just to keep you as a child.

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

Lay Me Low Nick Cave

back their heads and crow When I go They're gonna jump and shout (Lay me low) They're gonna wave their arms about All the stories will come out When I go All the stars will glow bright (Lay me low) And my

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

Lament Nick Cave

I've seen your fairground hair, your seaside eyes Your vampire tooth, your little truth Your tiny lies I know your trembling hand, your guilty prize Your sleeping limbs, your foreign hymns Your midnight

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

Stagger Lee Nick Cave

Stagger Lee Barkeep said, "Yeah, I've heard your name down the way And I kick motherfucking asses like you every day" Mr Stagger Lee Well those were the last words that the barkeep said 'Cause

Wanted Man Nick Cave

If you ever catch me sleepin', just see the price flashin' 'bove my head, Well take look again my friend, that's a gun pointed at your head.

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

Jacks Shadow Nick Cave

Jack said "A home is not a hole" "And shwdow, you're just a gallow that I hang my body from" "O Shadow, your a shackle from wich my time is never done" Then he peeled his shadow off in strips He peeled

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

Sorrow's Child Nick Cave

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 Sorrow's child all weak and strange Stands waiting at your

Bring It On Nick Cave

find it all untended With the trees all bended 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

Sugar Sugar Sugar Nick Cave

the night But the morning you'll wake With the Lords and high ladies Of the bottom of the lake Sugar sugar sugar That man is wild And sugar, you know That you're merely a child He will laugh And hang your

Crow Jane Nick Cave

Only six foot by five They killed all her whiskey And poured their pistols dry Crow Jane Crow Jane Crow Jane Ah hah huh Seems you've remembered How to sleep, how to sleep The house dogs are in your

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

Red Right Hand Nick Cave

coat with a red right hand He'll wrap you in his arms, tell you that you've been a good boy He'll rekindle all the dreams it took you a lifetime to destroy He'll reach deep into the hole, heal your

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

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

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

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

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

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

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."

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

Slap That Bass | Get Happy | What The World Needs Now Is Love (Music From The Motion Picture) Nick Cave

Zoom, zoom Zoom, zoom Zoom, zoom Zoom, zoom Zoom-zoom, zoom Zoom, zoom Slap that bass, use it like a tonic Slap that bass, keep your Philharmonic Zoom zoom zoom, and the milk and honey'll flow Today, you

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

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 your