Straight To You Nick Cave

All the towers of ivory are crumbling And the swallows have sharpened their beaks This is the time of our great undoing This is the time that I'll come running Straight to you For I am captured

Straight To You (2010 Remastered Ver.) Nick Cave

All the towers of ivory are crumbling And the swallows have sharpened their beaks This is the time of our great undoing This is the time that I'll come running Straight to you For I am captured Straight

He Wants You Nick Cave

In his boat and through the dark he rowed Chained to oar and the night and the wind that blowed Horribly 'round his ears Under the bridge and into your dreams he soars While you lie alone in that idea-free

Hard On For Love Nick Cave

in her skirts And it's as hot as hell in here Coming at her as I am from above Hard on for love hard on for love Hard on for love hard on for love Well, I swear I seen that girl before Like she walked straight

Up Jumped The Devil Nick Cave

midwife Who's that younder all in flames Dragging behind him a sack of chains Who's that younder all in flames Up jumped the Devil and he staked his claim O poor heart I was doomed from the start Doomed to

Some Velvet Morning (ft. Nick Cave) Lydia Lunch

Male: Some velvet morning when I\'m straight I\'m going to open up your gate And maybe tell you \'bout Phaedra And how she gave me life And how she made it in Some velvet morning when I\'m straight

City Of Refuge Nick Cave

You better run You better run and run and run You better run You better run You better run to the City of Refuge You better run You better run You better run to the City of Refuge You stand before your

Into My Arms Nick Cave

I don't believe in an interventionist God But I know, darling, that you do But if I did I would kneel down and ask Him Not to intervene when it came to you Not to touch a hair on your head To leave

Say Goodbye To The Little Girl Nick Cave

O say goodbye to the little girl tree. O you know that I must say goodbye To the little girl tree. This wall I built around you Is made out of stone-lies.

Still In Love Nick Cave

this and someone points to that Everyone is saying that you should lie down But you ain't having none of that And I say to the sleepy summer rain With a complete absence of pain You might think I'm crazy

Stagger Lee Nick Cave

a place called The Bucket Of Blood Stagger Lee He said "Mr Motherfucker, you know who I am" The barkeeper said, "No, and I don't give a good goddamn" To Stagger Lee He said, "Well bartender,

Do You Love Me? Nick Cave

Do you love me? Do you love me? Do you love me? Do you love me? Do you love me? Do you love me? Like I love you?

The Ship Song Nick Cave

Come sail your ships around me And burn your bridges down We make a little history, baby Every time you come around Come loose your dogs upon me And let your hair hang down You are a little mystery to

Knockin' On Joe Nick Cave

These chains of sorrow, they are heavy, it is true And these locks cannot be broken, no, not with one thousand keys O Jailer, you wear a ball-n-chain you cannot see You can lay your burden on me You can

Rock Of Gibraltar Nick Cave

Let me say this to you I'll be steadfast and true And my love will never falter The sea would crash about us The waves would lash about us I'll be your Rock of Gibraltar Sometimes it's hard And we're both

She Passed By My Window Nick Cave

She passed by my window Her eyes were all aglow And bent to pick her glove she'd dropped From the bright and brittle snow Nature had spoken it in the Spring With apple, plum and brand new pear Have you

The Witness Song Nick Cave

with weeds And behold from its centre there rose a great fountain The fountain with the healing waters And we knelt down by the rim And I dipped my hand in And she dipped her hand in too And I said "Are you

Lay Me Low Nick Cave

my work in a different light When I go They'll try telephoning my mother (Lay me low) But they'll end up getting my brother Who'll spill the story on some long-gone lover That I hardly know Hats off to

Wonderful Life Nick Cave

Come in, babe Across these purple fields The sun has sunk behind you Across these purple fields That idiot-boy in the corner Is speaking deviated truths Come on, admit it, babe It's a wonderful life If

The Curse Of Millhaven Nick Cave

I live in a town called Millhaven And it's small and it's mean and it's cold But if you come around just as the sun goes down You can watch the whole town turn to gold It's around about then that

Sorrow's Child Nick Cave

Sorrow's child sits by the river Sorrow's child hears not the water Sorrow's child sits by the river Sorrow's child hears not the water And just when it seems as though You've got strength enough to stand

Red Right Hand Nick Cave

Take a litle walk to the edge of town Go across the tracks Where the viaduct looms, like a bird of doom As it shifts and cracks Where secrets lie in the border fires, in the humming wires Hey

Death Is Not The End Nick Cave

When you're sad and when you're lonely And you haven't got a friend Just remember that death is not the end And all that you held sacred Falls down and does not mend Just remember that death is

The Weeping Song Nick Cave

Go son, go down to the water And see the women weeping there Then go up into the mountains The men, they are weeping too Father, why are all the women weeping?

song of joy Nick Cave

Have mercy on me, sir Allow me to impose on you I have no place to stay And my bones are cold right through I will tell you a story Of a man and his family And I swear that it is true Ten years

Papa Won't You Leave, Henry (2010 Remastered Ver.) Nick Cave

stay And the rain pissed down upon me And washed me all away Saying Papa won't leave you, Henry Papa won't leave you, Boy Papa won't leave you, Henry Papa won't leave you, Boy Well, the road is long And

Do You Love Me? (Part 2) Nick Cave

My lady of the Various Sorrows Some begged, some borrowed, some stolen Some kept safe for tomorrow On an endless night, silver star spangled The bells from the chapel went jingle-jangle She was given to

Wanted Man Nick Cave

tonight, you will see this wanted man.

Loverman Nick Cave

I do V is for loving VIRTUALLY everything you are E is for loving almost EVERYTHING that you do R is for RAPE me M is for MURDER me A is for ANSWERING all of my pryers N is for KNOWING your loverman's

Sugar Sugar Sugar Nick Cave

Sugar Sugar Sugar That man is bad The road he drives you down O sugar its a drag That road it twists That road is crossed Its down that road A lot of little girls go lost Sugar Sugar Sugar Keep on driving

O'malley's Bar Nick Cave

merely smiled at me said: "you wouldn't be the first" I knocked on the bar and pointed to a bottle on the shelf and as O'Malley poured me out a drink I sniffed and crossed myself my hand decided that

Bring It On Nick Cave

This garden that I built for you That you sit in now and yearn I will never leave it, dear I could not bear to return And find it all untended With the trees all bended low This garden is our home, dear

Slap That Bass | Get Happy | What The World Needs Now Is Love (Music From The Motion Picture) Nick Cave

Zoom, zoom Zoom, zoom Zoom, zoom Zoom, zoom Zoom-zoom, zoom Zoom, zoom Slap that bass, use it like a tonic Slap that bass, keep your Philharmonic Zoom zoom zoom, and the milk and honey'll flow Today, you

Deanna Nick Cave

O DEANNA You know you are my friend, yeah O DEANNA And I ain't down here for your money I ain't down here for your love I ain't down here for your love or money I'm down here for your soul No

Crow Jane Nick Cave

hard-hats, twenty eyes In her clapboard shack Only six foot by five They killed all her whiskey And poured their pistols dry Crow Jane Crow Jane Crow Jane Ah hah huh Seems you've remembered How to

There Is A Light (Batman Forever Soundtrack) Nick Cave

I'm going downtown Daddy-O What ya gunna do when you get there, girl? I'm gunna get messed up in a God-Shaped Hole Hey Mr Hophead, what ya gunna do?

Long Time Man Nick Cave

Yeah, they came to take me away Said I'd be sitting here for the rest of my life But I don't really care - I shot my wife And brother, I can't even remember the reason why [Chorus:] Oh, it makes a long

I Had A Dream Joe (2010 Remastered Ver.) Nick Cave

I had a dream I had a dream I had a dream, Joe I had a dream, Joe You were standing in the middle of an open road I had a dream, Joe Your hands were raised up to the sky And your mouth was covered in foam

Tupelo Nick Cave

O comes to Tupelo.

From Her To Eternity Nick Cave

Ah wanna tell ya 'bout a girl You know, she lives in room 29 Why...

Tupelo (Single Version) Nick Cave

O comes to Tupelo. Comes to Tupelo. Yonder on the horizon. Stopped at the mighty river and Sucked the damn thing dry. Tupelo-o-o, O Tupelo. In a valley hides a town called Tupelo.

Jack The Ripper (2010 Remastered Ver.) Nick Cave

I got a woman SHe rules my house with an iron fist I got a woman She rules my house with an iron fist She screams out Jack the Ripper Every time I try to give that girl a kiss I got a woman She strikes

Are You The One That I've Been Waiting For? Nick Cave

I've felt you coming girl, as you drew near I knew you'd find me, cause I longed you here Are you my desitiny? Is this how you'll appear? Wrapped in a coat with tears in your eyes?

Right Out Of Your Hand Nick Cave

Please forgive me If I appear unkind But any fool can tell you It's all in your mind Down in the meadow The old lion stirs Puts his hand 'cross his mouth He has no use for words Poor little girl With your

Sunday's Slave Nick Cave

under the table Wednesday dare not complain My heart has collapsed on the tracks of a run-a-way train Just whisper his name And here comes Sunday's slave The hands in the stable are willing and able to

Ain't Gonna Rain Anymore Nick Cave

Once there came a storm in the form of a girl It blew to pieces my snug little world And sometimes I swear I can still hear her howl Down through the wreckage and the ruins And it ain't gonna rain anymore

Sad Waters Nick Cave

Down the road I look and there runs Mary Hair of gold and lips like cherries We go down to the river where the willows weep Take a naked root for a lovers seat That rose out of the bitten soil But sound

The Kindness Of Strangers Nick Cave

They found Mary Bellows cuffed to the bed With a rag in her mouth and a bullet in her head O poor Mary Bellows She'd grown up hungry, she'd grown up poor She left her home in Arkansas O poor Mary

Jangling Jack Nick Cave

the home of the brave Hails a fat yellow cab Jack wanna celebrate Jack wanna big drink Driver drops him at a bar Called the Rinky Dink Jack pushes through the door And crosses the floor Tips his hat to

The Mercy Seat Nick Cave

It began when they come took me from my home And put me in Dead Row, Of which I am nearly wholly innocent, you know. And I'll say it again I..am..not..afraid..to..die.