Stranger than Kindness Nick Cave

Stranger than kindness Bottled light from hotels Spilling everything Wet hand from the volcano Sobers your skin Stranger than Kindness You caress yourself And grind my soft cold bones below

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...

Henry Lee (Nick Cave version) Nick Cave

la la la La la la la lee A little bird lit down on Henry Lee I can't get down and I won't get down And stay all night with thee For the girl I have in that merry green land I love far better than

Henry Lee Nick Cave

la la la La la la la lee A little bird lit down on Henry Lee I can't get down and I won't get down And stay all night with thee For the girl I have in that merry green land I love far better than

Henry Lee Nick Cave

la la la La la la la lee A little bird lit down on Henry Lee I can't get down and I won't get down And stay all night with thee For the girl I have in that merry green land I love far better than

I Let Love In Nick Cave

My friends are gone So if you're sitting all alone and hear a-knocking at your door And the air is full of promises, well buddy, you've been warned Far worse to be Love's lover than the lover that Love

The Mercy Seat Nick Cave

They are sick breath at my hind They are sick breath at my hind They are sick breath gathering at my hind I hear stories from the chamber How Christ was born into a manger And like some ragged stranger

Where The Wild Roses Grow Nick Cave

subsided in his sure embrace He would be my first man, and with a careful hand He wiped at the tears that ran down my face Chorus On the second day I brought her a flower She was more beautiful than

Where The Wild Roses Grow Nick Cave

subsided in his sure embrace He would be my first man, and with a careful hand He wiped at the tears that ran down my face Chorus On the second day I brought her a flower She was more beautiful than

Up Jumped The Devil Nick Cave

younder all in flames Up jumped the Devil and he staked his claim O poor heart I was doomed from the start Doomed to play The villians part I was the baddest Johnny In the apple cart My blood was blacker Than

Stagger Lee Nick Cave

Stagger Lee Well those were the last words that the barkeep said 'Cause Stag put four holes in his motherfucking head Just then in came a broad called Nellie Brown Was known to make more money than

The Curse Of Millhaven Nick Cave

my hair ain't yellow It's more like the other way around I gotta pretty little mouth underneath all the foaming La la la la La la la lie Sooner or later we all gotta die Since I was no bigger than

O'malley's Bar Nick Cave

upon the ground "none taken" I replied to him to which he gave a little cough with blazing wings I neatly aimed blew his head completely off I've lived in this town for thirty years to no-one I am a stranger

The Kindness Of Strangers Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

They found Mary Bellows cuffed to the bedWith a rag in her mouth and a bullet in her headO poor Mary Bellows She'd grown up hungry, she'd grown up poorShe left her home in ArkansasO poor Mary Bello...

Foi Na Cruz Nick Cave

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (l,m) Cave (p) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds < Nick Cave: vocals, piano, hammond, harmonica; Mick Harvey: bass, acoustic guitar,

Tupelo Nick Cave

Looka yonder! Looka yonder! Looka yonder! A big black cloud come! A big black cloud come! O comes to Tupelo. Comes to Tupelo Yonder on the horizon Yonder on the horizon Stopped at the mighty rive...

Deanna Nick Cave

O DEANNA O Deanna! O DEANNA Sweet Deanna! 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...

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 ag...

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 leav...

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 man,...

Let It Be Nick Cave

When I find myself in times of trouble Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be. And in my hour of darkness She is standing right in front of me Speaking words of wisdom, let it...

Crow Jane Nick Cave

Crow Jane Crow Jane Crow Jane Horrors in her head That her tongue dare not name She lives alone by the river The rolling rivers of pain Crow Jane Crow Jane Crow Jane Ah hah huh There is one shini...

Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division Cover) Nick Cave

When routine bites hard, And ambitions are low. And resentment rides high, But emotions won\'t grow. And we\'re changing our ways, Taking different roads. Love, love will tear us apart again. Love...

From Her To Eternity Nick Cave

Ah wanna tell ya 'bout a girl You know, she lives in room 29 Why... Why... that's the one right up top a mine Ah start to cry, Ah start to cry O Ah hear her walkin' Walkin' barefoot cross the flo...

Nobody's Baby Now Nick Cave

I've searched the holy books I tried to unravel the mystery of Jesus Christ, the saviour I've read the poets and the analysts Searched through the books on human behaviour I travelled this world a...

Loverman Nick Cave

There's a devil waiting outside your door (How much longer) Bucking and braying and paywing the floor Well, he's howling with pain and crawling up the walls There's a devil waiting outside your doo...

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? They are weeping for their men Then...

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? Well take that ...

Black Crow King Nick Cave

Mmmmm Mmmmm Mmmmm I am the black crow king Mmmmm Mmmmm Mmmmm I am the black crow king Keeper of the nodding corn Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! All the hammers are a-talking All the nails are a-singing So swe...

The Carny Nick Cave

And no-one saw the carny go And the weeks flew by Until they moved on the show Leaving his caravan behind It was parked out on the south east ridge And as the company crossed the bridge With the f...

Lovely Creature Nick Cave

There she stands, this lovely creature There she stands, there she stands With her hair full of ribbons And green gloves on her hands So I asked this lovely creature Yes, I asked. Yes I asked Wou...

Let It Be (Beatles Cover) Nick Cave

When I find myself in times of trouble Mother mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be. And in my hour of darkness She is standing right in front of me Speaking words of wisdom, let it ...

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 St...

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 n...

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 i...

Do You Love Me? Nick Cave

I found her on a night of fire and noise Wild bells rang in a wild sky I knew from that moment on I'll love her till the day that I died And I kissed away a thousand tears My lady of the Various S...

Wonderful Life Nick Cave

Come in, babeAcross these purple fieldsThe sun has sunk behind youAcross these purple fieldsThat idiot-boy in the cornerIs speaking deviated truthsCome on, admit it, babeIt's a wonderful lifeIf you...

Right Out Of Your Hand Nick Cave

Please forgive meIf I appear unkindBut any fool can tell youIt's all in your mindDown in the meadowThe old lion stirsPuts his hand 'cross his mouthHe has no use for wordsPoor little girlWith your h...

Bring It On Nick Cave

This garden that I built for youThat you sit in now and yearnI will never leave it, dearI could not bear to returnAnd find it all untendedWith the trees all bended lowThis garden is our home, dearA...

Dead Man In My Bed Nick Cave

She sat in a wicker chair, her eyes they were downcastShe breathed in the future, by breathing out the pastThe die is done, the die is shook, the die is duly castThere is a dead man in my bed, she ...

Still In Love Nick Cave

The cops are hanging around the houseThe cars outside look like they've got the bluesThe moon don't know if it's day or nightEverybody's creeping around with plastic covers on their shoesYou're mak...

There Is A Town Nick Cave

There is a townWhere I was bornFar far awayAcross the seaAnd in that townWhere I was bornI would dreamThat one dayI would leaveAnd cross the seaAnd so it goesAnd so it seemsThat God lives only in o...

Rock Of Gibraltar Nick Cave

Let me say this to youI'll be steadfast and trueAnd my love will never falterThe sea would crash about usThe waves would lash about usI'll be your Rock of GibraltarSometimes it's hardAnd we're both...

She Passed By My Window Nick Cave

She passed by my windowHer eyes were all aglowAnd bent to pick her glove she'd droppedFrom the bright and brittle snowNature had spoken it in the SpringWith apple, plum and brand new pearHave you t...

Babe, I'm On Fire Nick Cave

Father says it, mother says itSister says it, brother says itUncle says it, Auntie says itEveryone at the party saysBabe, I'm on fireBabe, I'm on fireThe horse says it, the pig says itThe judge in ...

The Ship Song Nick Cave

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 little mystery to me...

There Is A Light (Batman Forever Soundtrack) Nick Cave

Hey there sugar where ya gunna go?I'm going downtown Daddy-OWhat ya gunna do when you get there, girl?I'm gunna get messed up in a God-Shaped HoleHey Mr Hophead, what ya gunna do?I'm going downtown...

The Good Son Nick Cave

One more man goneOne more man goneOne more man is goneThe good son walks into the fieldHe is a tiller, he has a tiller's handsBut down in his heart nowHe lays down his queer plansAgainst his brothe...

Sorrow's Child Nick Cave

Sorrow's child sits by the riverSorrow's child hears not the waterSorrow's child sits by the riverSorrow's child hears not the waterAnd just when it seems as thoughYou've got strength enough to sta...

The Hammer Song Nick Cave

I set out on mondayThe night was cold and vastAnd my brother sleptAnd though I left quite quietlyMy father raged and ragedAnd my mother weptNow, my life was like a riverAll sucked into the groundAn...