I was just a boy when I sat downTo watch the news on TVI saw some ordinary slaughterI saw some routine atrocityMy father said, don't look awayYou got to be strong, you got to be bo...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
I hold this letter in my handA plea, a petition, a kind of prayerI hope it does as I have plannedLosing her again is more than I can bearI kiss the cold, white envelopeI press my l...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
[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
Up those stone steps I climbHail this joyful day's returnInto its great shadowed vault I goHail the Pentecostal mornThe reading is from Luke 24Where Christ returns to his loved one...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Mary, grab the baby, the river's risingMuddy water taking back the landThe old-frame house, she can't take-a one more beatingAin't no use to stay and make a standWell the morning l...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
I married my wife on the day of the eclipseOur friends awarded her courage with giftsNow as the nights grow longer and the season shiftsI look to my sorrowful wifeWho is quietly te...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
It's up in the morning and on the downsLittle white clouds like gambolling lambsAnd I am breathless over youAnd the red-breasted robin beats his wingsHis throat it trembles when he...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Darling, that morning you chose to goI awoke in my boots and clothesYou dig in my cards, stole all my cashEven my five-hundred dollar suit was slashedAnd I just lay there watching ...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