Oxford Tragedy Lyrics

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...Read Full Lyrics

I was right I was right Oh, the sun, the sun The sun is rising from the field I've got a feeling I just can't shake I've got a feeling That just won't go away You've got to just ...Read Full Lyrics

They're working us like dogs around here 'Cause pleasure is the boss And I'm the happiest slave alive round here 'Cause pleasure is the boss And nothing is safe that don't stand st...Read Full Lyrics

When I get home, I'm gunna clean up my house When I get home, I'm gunna kick out that mouse When I get home, I'm gunna put things in order but right now, right right now, right now...Read Full Lyrics

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 hummin...Read Full Lyrics

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 Sometime...Read Full Lyrics

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 ...Read Full Lyrics

[As sung by Mick Harvey; Nick's live versions deviate from this.] Credits: Humphreys/Lovett/Richards/Lynch/Anderson/Lpa I look at you in your sad dark eyes And your gypsy face wit...Read Full Lyrics

Rye whiskey, rye whiskey, rye whiskey I cry, If I don't git rye whiskey I think I will die. If you was a hornet way up in a tree, I'd faint from pure pleasure if you'd come and sti...Read Full Lyrics

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...Read Full Lyrics