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
AchtungYeahBorn of the riverBorn of its ever-changing, never-changing murky waterYeah, uhOh, river boat just rolling along Through the great, great greasy cityHuck standing like a ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Come sail your ships around meAnd burn your bridges downWe make a little history babyEvery time you come aroundCome loose your dogs upon meAnd let your hair hang downYou are a litt...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
[Chorus:]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 As she...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Oh, ohI'd just finished writing "Jubilee Street"I laid down on my bed and fell into a deep sleepAnd when I awoke, I believed I'd taken a bride called Mary StanfordAnd I flew into a...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
As the snow fliesOn a cold and grey Chicago mornA poor little baby child is born in the ghettoAnd his mama criesCause there's one thing that she don't needIs another little hungry ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
It's difficultIt's very toughI said to the man who'd been sleeping roughTo sit within a fragrant breezeAll among the nodding treesThat hang heavy with the stuffHe threw his arms ar...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Past the ivy-covered windows of the angelDown Athenaeum Lane to the cathedralThrough the churchyard I wanderedSat for a spell there and I ponderedMy back to the gates My back to th...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
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