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
With a crooked smile and a heart-shaped faceComes from the West country where the birds sing bassShe's got a house-big heart where we all liveAnd plead and council and forgiveHer w...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
I am a crooked manAnd I've walked a crooked mileNight, the shameless widowDoffed her weeds, in a pileThe stars all winked at meThey shamed a childYour funeral, my trialOne thousand...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
They call me The Wild RoseBut my name was Elisa DayWhy they call me it I do not knowFor my name was Elisa DayFrom the first day I saw her I knew she was the oneShe stared in my eye...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
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
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
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
They call me The Wild RoseBut my name was Elisa DayWhy they call me it I do not knowFor my name was Elisa DayFrom the first day I saw her I knew she was the oneShe stared in my eye...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Yeah, my baby left me this morningAnd I don't care now, I don't care what the people sayYeah, my baby left me this morning, oh LordAnd I don't care now, I don't care what the peopl...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds