Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds Lyrics

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds Chord and Tabs

Foi Na Cruz Foi na cruz, foi na cruz Que um dia Meus pecados castigados em Jesus Foi na cruz Que um dia Foi na c...

Helpless Written by Neil Young There is a town in north Ontario And I take comfort from memories there And ...

Lament I've seen your fairground hair, your seaside eyes Your vampire tooth, your little truth Your tiny li...

Lucy Last night I lay trembling The moon it was low It was the end of love Of misery and woe Then sudde...
Lucy Chords and Tabs

Sorrow's Child Sorrow's child sits by the river Sorrow's child hears not the water Sorrow's child sits by the river...

The Good Son One more man gone One more man gone One more man is gone The good son walks into the field He is a...
The Good Son Chords and Tabs

The Hammer Song I set out on monday The night was cold and vast And my brother slept And though I left quite quiet...

The Ship Song Come sail your ships around me And burn your bridges down We make a little history, baby Every time ...
The Ship Song Chords and Tabs

The Train Song Tell me how long's the train been gone? Tell me how long's the train been gone? And was she there? A...

The Weeping Song Go son, go down to the water And see the women weeping there Then go up into the mountains The men, ...

The Witness Song Yeah, yeah Well, well I took a walk down to the port Where strangers meet and do consort All blinker...

And No More Shall We Part And no more shall we part It will no longer be necessary And no more will I say, dear heart I am alo...
And No More Shall We Part Chords and Tabs

As I Sat Sadly by Her Side As I sat sadly by her side At the window, through the glass She stroked a kitten in her lap And we w...
As I Sat Sadly by Her Side Chords and Tabs

Darker With the Day As so with that, I thought I'd take a final walk The tide of public opinion had started to abate The...
Darker With the Day Chords and Tabs

Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow Where is Mona? She's long gone Where is Mary? She's taken her along But they haven't put their mitte...

Gates to the Garden Past the ivy-covered windows of The Angel Down Athenaeum Lane to the cathedral Through the churchya...
Gates to the Garden Chords and Tabs

God Is in the House We've laid the cables and the wires We've split the wood and stoked the fires We've lit our town so...
God Is in the House Chords and Tabs

Hallelujah On the first day of May I took to the road I'd been staring out the window most of the morning I'd w...
Hallelujah Chords and Tabs

Love Letter I hold this letter in my hand A plea, a petition, a kind of prayer I hope it does as I have planned ...

Oh My Lord I thought I'd take a walk today It's a mistake I sometimes make My kids lay asleep in bed My wife la...
Oh My Lord Chords and Tabs

Sweetheart Come Come over here, babe It ain't that bad I don't claim to understand The troubles that you've had But ...
Sweetheart Come Chords and Tabs

The Sorrowful Wife I married my wife on the day of the eclipse Our friends awarded her courage with gifts Now as the ni...

We Came Along This Road I left by the back door With my wife's lover's smoking gun I don't know what I was hoping for I hit ...

Babe, I'm on Fire Father says it, mother says it Sister says it, brother says it Uncle says it, Auntie says it Everyon...

Bring It On This garden that I built for you That you sit in now and yearn I will never leave it, dear I could n...

Dead Man in My Bed She sat in a wicker chair, her eyes they were downcast She breathed in the future, by breathing out ...

He Wants You In his boat and through the dark he rowed Chained to oar and the night and the wind that blowed Horr...

Right Out of Your Hand Please forgive me If I appear unkind But any fool can tell you It’s all in your mind Down in the ...

Rock of Gibraltar Let me say this to you I’ll be steadfast and true And my love will never falter The sea would cra...
Rock of Gibraltar Chords and Tabs

She Passed by My Window She passed by my window Her eyes were all aglow And bent to pick her glove she’d dropped From the ...

Still in Love The cops are hanging around the house The cars outside look like they’ve got the blues The moon do...

There Is a Town There is a town Where I was born Far far away Across the sea And in that town Where I was born I wo...

Wonderful Life Come in, babe Across these purple fields The sun has sunk behind you Across these purple fields That...

City of Refuge You better run You better run and run and run You better run You better run You better run to the Ci...

Deanna O DEANNA O Deanna! O DEANNA Sweet Deanna! O DEANNA You know you are my friend, yeah O DEANNA And I a...
Deanna Chords and Tabs

Mercy I stood in the water In the middle month of winter My camel skin was torture I was in a state of nat...

New Morning One morn I awakened A new sun was shining The sky was a Kingdom All covered in blood The moon and th...

Slowly Goes The Night Slowly Goes The Night Darling, that morning you chose to go (?) my boots and clothes you're diggin...

Sugar Sugar Sugar Sugar Sugar Sugar That man is bad The road he drives you down O sugar its a drag That road it twis...

Sunday's Slave Sunday's got a slave Monday's got one too Sunday's got a slave Monday's got one too Our sufferings a...

The Mercy Seat It began when they come took me from my home And put me in Death Row, Of which I am nearly wholly in...
The Mercy Seat Chords and Tabs

Up Jumped The Devil O My O My What a wretched life I was born on the day That my poor mother died I was cut from her bel...
Up Jumped The Devil Chords and Tabs

Watching Alice Alice wakes It is morning She is yawning As she walks about the room Her hair falls down her breast ...

Are You The One That I've Been Waiting For? I've felt you coming girl, as you drew near I knew you'd find me, cause I longed you here Are you my...

Babe, I Got You Bad Babe I got you bad Dreaming blood-wet dreams only madmen have Baby I got you bad I wish to God I nev...

Black Hair Last night my kisses were banked in black hair And in my bed, my lover, her hair was midnight black ...
Black Hair Chords and Tabs

Brompton Oratory Up those stone steps I climb Hail this joyful day's return Into its great shadowed vault I go Hail t...
Brompton Oratory Chords and Tabs

Come Into My Sleep Now that mountains of meaningless words and oceans divide us And we each have our own set of stars t...

Far From Me For you dear, I was born For you I was raised up For you I've lived and for you I will die For you I...

Green Eyes Kiss me again, rekiss me and kiss me Slip your frigid hands beneath my shirt This useless old fucker...

I Do Love Her So (Lime Tree Arbour) The boatman calls from the lake A lone loon dives upon the water I put my hand over her Down in the ...

Idiot Prayer They're taking me down, my friend And as they uskher me off to my end Will I bid you adieu? Or will ...

Into My Arms I don't believe in an interventionist God But I know, darling, that you do But if I did I would knee...
Into My Arms Chords and Tabs

Little Empty Boat You found me at some party You thought I'd understand You barreled over to me With a drink in each h...

People Ain't No Good People just ain't no good I think that's well understood You can see it everywhere you look People j...
People Ain't No Good Chords and Tabs

Right Now I'm A-roaming When I get home, I'm gunna clean up my house When I get home, I'm gunna kick out that mouse When I g...

There Is a Kingdom Just like a bird that sings up the sun In a dawn so very dark Such is my faith for you Such is my fa...

West Country Girl With a crooked smile and a heart-shaped face Comes from the West country where the birds sing bass S...

Where Do We Go Now But Nowhere I remember a girl so very well The carnival drums all mad in the air Grim reapers and skeletons and ...

Black Crow King Mmmmm Mmmmm Mmmmm I am the black crow king Mmmmm Mmmmm Mmmmm I am the black crow king Keeper of the ...

Blind Lemon Jefferson Blind Lemon Jefferson is a-coming Tap tap tappin with his cane Blind Lemon Jefferson is a-coming Tap...

Knockin' On Joe These chains of sorrow, they are heavy, it is true And these locks cannot be broken, no, not with on...

Say Goodbye To The Little Girl Tree O say goodbye to the little girl tree O you know that I must say goodbye To the little girl tree Thi...

The Six Strings That Drew Blood Guitar thug blew into town His eyes like wheels spinnin' round Jerkin-off at every sound Layin' all ...

Train Long-Suffering Woo-wooooooo Woo! In the name of pain! (In the name of pain and suffering) In the name of pain! (In ...

Tupelo Looka yonder! Looka yonder! Looka yonder! A big black cloud come! A big black cloud come! O comes to...

Wanted Man I'm a wanted man, wanted man... I'm wanted, I'm a wanted man... Oh yeah... yeah... ah honey, I'm a w...

Ain't Gonna Rain Anymore Once there came a storm in the form of a girl It blew to pieces my snug little world Sometimes I swe...
Ain't Gonna Rain Anymore Chords and Tabs

Do You Love Me? I found her on a night of fire and noise Wild bells rang in a wild sky I knew from that moment on I'...

Do You Love Me? (Part 2) Onward! And Onward! And Onward I go Where no man before could be bothered to go Till the soles of my...

I Let Love In Despair and Deception, Love's ugly little twins Came a-knocking on my door, I let them in Darling, y...

Jangling Jack Jangling Jack Goes Yackety Yack Visits the home of the brave Hails a fat yellow cab Jack wanna celeb...

Lay Me Low They're gonna lay me low (Lay me low) They're gonna sink me in the snow They're gonna throw back the...

Loverman There's a devil waiting outside your door (How much longer?) There's a devil waiting outside your do...

Nobody's Baby Now I've searched the holy books I tried to unravel the mystery of Jesus Christ, the saviour I've read t...
Nobody's Baby Now Chords and Tabs

Red Right Hand Take a litle walk to the edge of town Go across the tracks Where the viaduct looms, like a bird of d...
Red Right Hand Chords and Tabs

Thirsty Dog I know you've heard it all before But I'm sorry for this three year war For the setting up of camps ...

Abattoir Blues The sun is high up in the sky and I'm in my car Drifting down into the abattoir Do you see what I se...

Babe, You Turn Me On Stay by me, stay by me You are the one, my only true love The butcher bird makes it's noise And ask...

Breathless It's up in the morning and on the downs Little white clouds like gambolling lambs And I am breathles...
Breathless Chords and Tabs

Cannibal's Hymn You have a heart and I have a key Lie back and let me unlock you Those heathens you hang with down...

Carry Me I lay down by the river The shadows moved across me, inch by inch And all that I heard Was the war b...

Easy Money It's difficult. It's very tough. I said to the man who'd been sleeping rough To sit within a fragran...
Easy Money Chords and Tabs

Fable Of The Brown Ape Farmer Emmerich went into his barn And found a cow suckling a serpent And a brown ape clanking a hea...

Get Ready For Love Get ready for love! Praise Him! Get ready tot love! Praise Him! Get ready for love! Get readyl Well...

Hiding All Away You went looking for nur, dear, Down by the sea You found some Iittle silver fish But you didn't fin...

Let The Bells Ring C'mon, kind Sir, let's walk outside And breathe the autumn air See the many that have lived and died...

Messiah Ward I hope you're sitting comfortably I saved you the best seat in the house Right up in the front row T...

Nature Boy I was just a boy when I sat down To watch the news on TV I saw some ordinary slaughter I saw some ro...

O Children Pass me that lovely little gun My dear, my darting one The cleaners are coming, one by one You don't...

Spell Through the woods, and frosted moors Past the snow-caked hedgerows I Bed down upon the drifting snow...

Supernaturally Through the windswept coastal trees Where the dead come rising from the sea With a teddy-bear clampe...

The Lyre Of Orpheus Orpheus sat gloomy in his garden shed Wondering what to do With a lump of wood, a piece of wire And ...

There She Goes, My Beautiful World The wintergreen, the juniper The cornflower and the chicory All the words you said to me Still vibra...

From Her To Eternity Ah wanna tell ya 'bout a girl You know, she lives in room 29 Why... Why... that's the one right up t...

Henry Lee Get down, get down, little Henry Lee And stay all night with me You won't find a girl in this damn w...
Henry Lee Chords and Tabs

Henry Lee (Nick Cave version) Get down, get down, little Henry Lee And stay all night with me You won't find a girl in this damn w...

Straight To You All the towers of ivory are crumbling And the swallows have sharpened their beaks This is the time o...

Stranger than Kindness Stranger than kindness Bottled light from hotels Spilling everything Wet hand from the volcano Sober...

The Carny And no-one saw the carny go And the weeks flew by Until they moved on the show Leaving his caravan b...

Where The Wild Roses Grow They call me The Wild Rose But my name was Elisa Day Why they call me it I do not know For my name w...
Where The Wild Roses Grow Chords and Tabs

A Box For Black Paul Who'll build a box for Black Paul? Ah'm enquirin on behalf of his soul Ah'd be beholdin to ya all Fo...

Avalanche (Leonard Cohen) I stepped into an avalanche It covered up my soul When I am not this hunchback tha...

Cabin Fever! The Captain's fore-arm like bunched-up rope with A-N-I-T-A wrigglin' free on a skull'n'dagger and a ...

In The Ghetto (M. Davies) As the snow flies On a cold and grey Chicago morn A poor little baby child is born in ...

Saint Huck Born of the river, Born of its ever-changing, never-changing murky water Oh riverboat just rollin' a...

The Moon Is In The Gutter The moon is in the gutter And the stars wash down the sink I am the king of the blues I scape the cl...

Well Of Misery Along crags and sunless cracks I go Up rib of rock, donw spine of stone I dare not slumber where the...

Wings Off Flies She loves me, she loves me not She loves me, she loves me not She loves me, she loves me not We-e-ll...

Crow Jane Crow Jane Crow Jane Crow Jane Crow Jane Crow Jane, ah hah huh Horrors in her head That her tongue d...

Death Is Not The End When you're sad and when you're lonely And you haven't got a friend Just remember that death is not ...

Lovely Creature There she stands, this lovely creature There she stands, there she stands With her hair full of ribb...
Lovely Creature Chords and Tabs

O'Malley's Bar I am tall and I am thin Of an enviable hight And I've been known to be quite handsome In a certain a...

Song Of Joy Have mercy on me, sir Allow me to impose on you I have no place to stay And my bones are cold right ...

Stagger Lee It was back in '32 when times were hard He had a Colt .45 and a deck of cards Stagger Lee He wore ...
Stagger Lee Chords and Tabs

The Curse Of Millhaven I live in a town called Millhaven And it's small and it's mean and it's cold But if you come around ...
The Curse Of Millhaven Chords and Tabs

The Kindness Of Strangers They found Mary Bellows cuffed to the bed With a rag in her mouth and a bullet in her head O poor Ma...

Hard On For Love It is for she that the cherry bleeds That the moon is steeped in mild nad blood That I steal like a ...

Jack's Shadow They dragged Jack and his shadow From the hole And the bulb that burned above him Did shine both day...

Long Time Man Written by Tim Rose Yeah, they came to take me away Said I'd be sitting here for the rest of my li...

Sad Waters Down the road I look and there runs Mary Hair of gold and lips like cherries We go down to the river...

Scum Well, I lived with one Well, I lived with one, I lived with two, I even lived with a third I wanna t...

She Fell Away Once she lay open like a road Carbed apart the madness that I stumbled from But she fell away She fe...

Your Funeral... My Trial I am a crooked man And I've walked a crooked mile Night, the shameless widow Doffed her weeds, in a ...

All Tomorrow's Parties (L. Reed) And what costume shall the poor girl wear To all tomorrow's parties A hand-me-down dress...

Black Betty (Leadbelly) A traditional version is also available. Look-a look-a yonder (3x) Well the sun done g...

By The Time I Get To Phoenix (J. Webb) By the time I get to Phoenix, she'll be rising And she'll find that note that I left han...

Hey Joe (W. Roberts) Hey Joe, where you going with that gun in your hand? Hey Joe, where you going with th...

I'm Gonna Kill That Woman (J.L. Hooker) Yeah, my baby left me this morning And I don't care now, I don't care what the peopl...

Jesus Met The Woman At The Well (Traditional, Arr. The Alabama Singers) Jesus met the woman at the well Jesus met the woman at the...

Long Black Veil (D. Del, M. Wilkins) She walks these hills in a long black veil She visits my grave when the night...

Muddy Water (J. Bundrick) Mary, grab the baby, the river's rising Muddy water taking back the land The old-fra...
Muddy Water Chords and Tabs

Running Scared (Orbison, Melson) Just running scared, each place we go So afraid, that he might show Yeah, runn...

Sleeping Analeah (Newbury, Folger) Yesterday the sun was shining but you're finding the sun it Don't shine all the ...

Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart Something's gotten hold of my heart Keeping my soul and my senses apart Something's gotten into my l...
Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart Chords and Tabs

The Carnival Is Over (T. Springfield, F. Farian) Say goodbye, my one true lover And we'll steal a lover's song How it b...

The Hammer Song (in album kicking against the pricks) (A. Harvey) Oh please don't send me out Said the man with the hammer, hammering the anvil I been w...

The Singer (Cash, Daniels) As I walk these narrow streets Where a million passin feet have trod before me Wit...

Brother, My Cup Is Empty Brother, my cup is empty And I haven't got a penny For to buy no more whiskey I have to go home I ...

Jack the Ripper I got a woman She rules my house with an iron fist I got a woman She rules my house with an iron fis...

John Finn's Wife Well the night was deep and the night was dark And I was at the old dance-hall on the edge of town S...

Papa Won't Leave You, Henry I went out walking the other day The wind hung wet around my neck My head it rung with screams and g...

Plain Gold Ring Plain gold ring on her finger she wore It was where everyone could see It belonged to someone, but n...

Blue Bird I got a blue bird, a blue bird on my shoulder I got a blue bird, a blue bird on my shoulder I saw he...

Christina the Astonishing Christina the Astonishing Lived a long time ago She was stricken with a seizure At the age of twenty...

I Had A Dream, Joe I had a dream I had a dream I had a dream, Joe I had a dream, Joe You were standing in the middle ...

Rainy Night In Soho (S. MacGowan) I've been loving you a long time Down all the years, down all the days And I've crie...

The Loom of the Land It was the dirty end of winter Along the loom of the land When I walked with sweet Sally Hand upon h...

What A Wonderful World (Weiss/Douglas) I see trees of green, red roses too I watch them bloom for me and you And I think ...

When I First Came To Town When I first came to town All the people gathered round They bought me drinks Lord, how they quickly...

(I'll Love You) Till the End of the World It was a miracle I even got outta Longwood alive, This town fulla men with big mouths and no guts, I...

500 Miles If you miss the train I'm on Then you know that I'll be gone You can hear the whistle blow a hundred...

A Dead Song This is True Mister nothing said forever said I can sing Hit it! Make it a dead one with words like ...

All The Pretty Little Horses Hushaby, don' you cry Go to sleepy little baby When you awake you shall have cake And all the pret...

All The Pretty Little Horsies From the Current '93 album All The Pretty Horsies Hush-a-bye Don't You cry Go to sleepy little bab...

Banks of the Roses A traditional song which was a likely inspiration for Where The Wild Roses Grow. Nick's song is also...

Big-Jesus-Trash-Can Big Jesus soulmates Trash Can fucking rotton business this bot feet in the bad-boot siff in the cryp...

Black Betty (Nick Cave Version) Look-a look-a yonder (3x) Well the sun done gone The captain can't hold her (3x) The way I do now ...

Black Betty (traditional version) Oh, Lawd, Black Betty, Bam-ba-lamb, Oh, Lawd, Black Betty, Bamhalamb, Black Betty had a baby, Bambal...

Blast Off This time it's the truth this time nothings goinna fall on through these books are broken up Blast o...

Bless His Ever Loving Heart Bless his ever loving heart Only he knows who you are He may seem so very far Bless his ever loving ...

Blundertown Blundertown is drowned in no brainstorm smothered in mud at the foot of the river the color vague is...

Capers All words that look prounouncable are not typos, any that look unpronouncable are probably typos. Ea...

Cassiel's Song We've come to bring you home Haven't we, Cassiel? To cast aside your loss and all your sadness And...

Cindy Words and music by Kaye - Weisman - Fuller "The Bad Seeds performed Cindy regularly in their ...

Cry When ya walk out of here when ya walk out I gotta fill up that space or fill up that no-space I'll f...

Dead Joe Oh-ho-ho-ho Dead Joe Welcome to the car smash Dead Joe Junk sculpture turning back to junk Dead Joe ...

Deep in the Woods The woods eats the woman and dumps her honey-body in the mud Her dress floats down the well and it a...

Down in a Willow Garden Down in a willow garden Where me and my love did meet, 'Twas there we sat a courting My love dropped...

Dull Day The light from the window falls on the floor and after it breaks I cut my feet on the little bright ...

Dumb Europe On this European night out on the brink The cafes and the bars still stink The air is much too thick...

Faraway, So Close! From the soundtrack to the film of the same name. Empty out your pockets, toss the lot upon the f...

Fears of Gun Gun wears his alcoholism well Finger in Bottle and swingin' it still From Bed to Sink and back again...

Figure of Fun Obsessive, deadpan moribund seasick etc. ...

Girl At The Bottom Of My Glass I can't raise my glass, without seeing her ass Through its telescopic bottom I can't raise my glas...

God's Hotel Available on the Rare On Air benefit CD. Everybody got a room Everybody got a room Everybody ...

Grief Came Riding A grief came riding On the wind Up the [SOLEMN] river Thames I was sittin' on the bank with my mouth...

Hamlet (Pow, Pow, Pow) Hamlet fishin' in the grave thru custard bones and stuff he aint got no friend in there I believe ou...

Happy Birthday It's a very happy day We are at lots of fun fun fun And it's ice-cream and jelly and a punch in the ...

Ho-ho Worn and gnawn a little hole just a small hole letting in a sick wind in small puffs yo-ho hole y...

How Long, How Long Blues Leroy Carr A traditional song which was a likely inspiration for The Train Song. How long, how l...

I Do Dear, I Do. I wish you happy christmas I do dear, I do I wish for you the stars, babe I wish for you the moon Y...

I Feel So Good Well I feel so good I don't know what to do Yeah I feel so good I don't know what to do Well I feel ...

I Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) Credits: Newberry / Newberry I woke up this morning with the sun out shining in I found my mind in ...

I Put A Spell On You From Department of Enjoyment, NME compilation cassette; available on some bootlegs. I put a spe...

I Rowed a Little Boat John Lee Hooker - Vocal, Acoustic Guitar (Orpheum Music, 1959) A traditional song similar to My Li...

Jennifer's Veil So you've come back for Jennifer You know, she hides her face behind a veil I'm warning you Frankie,...

Junkyard I am the King, I am the kind One dead marine through the hatch scratch and scrape this heavenly body...

Just You and Me First: I tried to kill it with a hammer thought that I could lose the head sure! We've eaten off the...

Katy Cruel (traditional version) When I first came to town They called me the roving jewel Now they've changed their tune They call m...

Kewpie Doll Well I love that Kewpie Doll yeah I bought her in a show I dressed her up in a cheap red cotton dres...

King Ink This leaves out a lot of the repetions on this lyric sheet, and I'm pretty sure a few sections are o...

King Kong Kitchee Kitchee Ki-Mi-O (Can you turn me up a bit?) King kong kitchee kitchee ki-mi-o [4 times and throughout song] Well f...

Kiss Me Black Now they put the stink on us stuffed us fulla incubus choc-o-block with sucubus never more than fuck...

Knoxville Girl I met a little girl in Knoxville A town we all know well And every sunday evening In her home I'd dw...
Knoxville Girl Chords and Tabs

Little Janey's Gone Janey´s gone now and she won´t be back no more It was only yesterday I went knocking on her door N...

Long Time Fan Oh, plane, take me away. Said, I'll be sittin' here for the rest of my life and I am really scared--...

Long Time Man (Nick Cave version) Written by Tim Rose Yeah, they came to take me away Said I'd be sitting here for the rest of my li...

Love Henry Words and Music by Bob Dylan (1993 Special Rider Music) Original version of Henry Lee. Nick's vers...

Mack The Knife Nick covered this in a segment in September Songs: A Tribute to Kurt Weill See the shark with tee...

Mama's Boy I was born in a motel room the night my Daddy lost his job Just after one, he pulled a gun and blew ...

Mister Frog Went A-Courting Mister frog went a-courting and he did ride Uh-hmm, Uh-hmm Mister frog went a-courting and he did ri...

Mojo Nick performed this for the Italian film Mojo, and it is available on a CD called Soho. They call...

Mr. Clarinet I have a friend in you, oh Mr Clarinet You make me laugh, and then cry like the song of the clarinet...

Mutiny in Heaven Well ah jumpt! and fled this fucken heap on doctored wings Mah flailin pinions, with splints and rag...

Nick the Stripper Nick the stripper hideous to the eye hideous to the ee he's a fat little insect a fat little insect ...

Oh, Happy Day Oh happy day, oh happy day When Jesus washed, oh when He washed When my Jesus washed, He washed my s...

Opium Tea Here I sleep the morning through 'Til the wail of the call to prayer awakes me And there ain't nothi...

Oxford Tragedy (Traditional version ) From English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, Sharp. Collected from Mary Wilson and Mrs. T...

PATRIPASSIAN From the Current '93 album All the Pretty Horsies The rivers of Babylon flow, and fall, and carry ...

Peace In the Valley Erik wrote: "The theme is similar to the Nick's song New Morning. Note also that the line 'Ther...

Pleasure Is The Boss They're working us like dogs around here 'Cause pleasure is the boss And I'm the happiest slave aliv...

Release the Bats Whoooahh! Bite! Whoooah! Bite! Release the bats! Release the bats! Don't tell me that it doesn't hur...

Riddle House (Howard) The street is very wide and I can't see across it my house isn't clear to me the cars move in betwee...

Rye Whiskey Rye whiskey, rye whiskey, rye whiskey I cry, If I don’t git rye whiskey I think I will die. If you...

Rye Whiskey (tranditonal version) I'll eat when I'm hungry, I'll drink when l'm dry, If the hard times don't kill me, I'll lay down an...

Sad Dark Eyes [As sung by Mick Harvey; Nick's live versions deviate from this.] Credits: Humphreys/Lovett/Richards...

Sail Away I climbed the hill, lay in the grass A little dark-eyed girl drifted past She said all the best is c...

Several Sins This is a dead letter tale If I could make this print talk You made a deep mark/deep mark on me and ...

She's Hit there is woman-pie in here mr. evangalist says she's hit the best cook you ever had ya can't blame t...

She's Leaving You You were planning to stay in, you had it carefully planned Your coat was hanging in the hall, your h...

Shivers (Howard) I've been contemplating suicide, but it really doesn't suit my style, so I think I'll just act bored...

Six Inch Gold Blade I stuck a six inch gold blade inside the head of a girl she: lying through her teeth him: lying on ...

Sonny's Burning Have you heard how Sonny's burning Like some bright erotic star? And He lights up the proceedings An...

Stagalee Three traditional versions of the song from Murder Ballads. Nick's version is also available. Furthe...

Stow-a-way Hey hey I am the stow-a-way Hey hey I am the stow-a-way My girl turned blue as an iceberg do And m...

Swampland Quixanne, ah'm in its grip Quixanne, ah'm in its grip Sinken in the mud Patron-saint of the Bog. The...

That's What Jazz Is To Me Jazz Fire eating drag-queens dressed as society whores Crazy two timing bitches running round Ghetto...

The Ballad of Robert Moore and Betty Coltrane There was a thick set man with frog eyes who was standing by the door and a little bald man with win...

The Big Hurt Nick performed this for the Italian film Mojo, along with Gallon Drunk and it is available on a CD c...

The Dim Locator Inanimational items elude I, and In-an-emotional-motion I swallow my Motive of quicker location is s...

The Friend Catcher I, cigarette fingers puff and poke puff and poking the smoke touches the ground You, your lungs an...

The Good Hun One more land gone One more land gone One more land... One more land gone One more land gone One m...

The Good Son (Nick Cave Version) One more man gone One more man gone One more man is gone The good son walks into the field He is a...

The Sweetest Embrace Our time is done my love We've laid it all to waste One thousand moonlit kisses can't sweeten this b...

The Willow Garden Down in the willow garden, me and my love did meet And as we sat a-courting, my love fell off to sle...

There is a Light From the Batman Forever soundtrack. Hey there sugar where ya gunna go? I'm going downtown Daddy-O...

Time Jesum Transeuntum Et Non Riverentum Hidden track on the X-Files TV series soundtrack. We were called to the forest, and we went down...

To Be By Your Side (Cave / Coulais) Across the oceans across the seas, Over forests of blackened trees. Through valley...
To Be By Your Side Chords and Tabs

Tower Of Song From I'm Your Fan, a Leonard Cohen tribute album Well my friends are gone and my hair is grey I ac...

Truck Love Truck love! Right here! Truck love! Right now! Bewitched by pure power. That's truck love! In the gu...

Tupelo Blues (John Lee Hooker 1959) A song which was a likely inspiration for Tupelo. Nick's song is also avail...

Viviane These lyrics were taken from an edition of The Witness, the Official fan newsletter. Viviane I wil...

Vixo Ah fed Vixo on ev'ry fear 'n' fret 'n' phobia Til it nor ah could stand the strain no longer Sucked ...

Wade In The Water Printed in J. Silverman, American History Songbook. Nick has sung his version of this song live. (...

What Can I Give You? From a Frech promo CD given away with Henry's Dream. All my life I failed to see One good thing st...

Where The Action Is Where streets start getting wild Well you're moving on down on the other side of the tracks Would yo...

Wild World Hold me up baby for I may fall Hold my dish-rag body tall Our bodies melt together (we are one) Post...

Yard In our yard How many chickens can we count on our fingers and toes on their toes sitting on fathers ...

Young Hunting (tranditional version) It happened on one evening late, As the maid was going to bed, She heard a sound, a beautiful sound,...

Zoo Music Girl Zoo-music girl, zoo-music girl Our ligfe together is a hollow tooth, spit out the shells, spit out t...