I don't believe in an interventionist GodBut I know, darling, that you doBut if I did, I would kneel down and ask HimNot to intervene when it came to youOh, not to touch a hair on ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Despair and deceptionLove's ugly little twinsCame a-knocking on my doorI let 'em inDarling, you're the punishment For all my former sinsI let love inI let love inThe door it opened...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Sorrow's child sits by the riverSorrow's child hears not the waterSorrow's child sits by the riverSorrow's child hears not the waterAnd just when you feel as thoughYou've got stren...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
It was back in '32 when times were hardHe had a Colt forty-five and a deck of cardsStagger Lee He wore rat-drawn shoes and an old stetson hatHad a '28 Ford, had payments on thatSta...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
It began when they come took me from my homeAnd put me in Dead RowOf which I am nearly wholly innocent, you knowAnd I'll say it againI am not afraid to dieI began to warm and chill...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Take a little walk to the edge of townAnd go across the tracksWhere the viaduct loomsLike a bird of doomAs it shifts and cracksWhere secrets lie in the border firesIn the humming w...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Pass me that lovely little gunMy dear, my darling oneThe cleaners are coming, one by oneYou don't even want to let them startThey're knocking now upon your doorThey measure the roo...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Well, I lived with oneWell, I lived with one, I lived with two,I even lived with a thirdI wanna tell you about number oneHe was a miserable shitwringing turdLike he reminded me of ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
As so with that, I thought I'd take a final walkThe tide of public opinion had started to abateThe neighbors, bless them, had turned out to be all talkI could see their frightened ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
As I walk these narrow streetsWhere a million passing feet have tromped before meWith my guitar in my handSuddenly, I realize nobody knows meWhere yesterday the multitudeScreamed a...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds