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
Yeah, they came to take me awaySaid I'd be sitting here for the rest of my lifeBut I don't really care, I shot my wifeAnd brother, I can't even remember the reason whyOh, it makes ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Oh, say goodbye to the little girl treeOh, you know that I must say goodbyeTo the little girl treeThis wall I built around youIs made out of stone liesOh, little girl the truth wou...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
I set out on MondayThe night was cold and vastMy brother sleptThough I left quite quietlyMy father raged and ragedMy mother weptMy life was like a riverAll sucked into the groundAn...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
I had a dreamI had a dreamI had a dreamI had a dreamI had a dream, JoeI had a dream, JoeYou were standing in the middle of an open roadI had a dream, JoeYour hands were raised up t...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Shane Macgowan
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
Onward! And Onward! And Onward I goWhere no man before could be bothered to goTill the soles of my shoes are shot full of holesAnd it's all downhill with a bulletThis ramblin' and ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Ah wanna tell ya 'bout a girlYou know, she lives in room twenty-nineWhy, why? That's the one right up top a mineI start to cry, I start to cryOh, I hear her walkingWalking barefoot...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Stranger than kindnessBottled light from hotelsSpilling everythingWet hand from the volcanoSobers your skinStranger than Kindness You caress yourselfAnd grind my soft cold bones be...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
By the time I get to Phoenix, she'll be risingAnd she'll find that note that I left hanging on the doorAnd she'll laugh when she reads the partThat says: "I'm leaving"'Cause I've l...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds