I am a crooked man. And I've walked a crooked mile. Night, the shameless widow. Doffed her weeds, in a pile. The stars all winked at me. They shamed a child.
She loves me, she loves me not. She loves me, she loves me not. She loves me, she loves me not. . Well, I've spent seven days and seven nights. Tryin' to get sunk in this brine.
They call me The Wild Rose. But my name was Elisa Day. Why they call me it I do not know. For my name was Elisa Day. From the first day I saw her I knew she was the one.
I watched you fall to pieces, I let this whole world come undone. How would you know? You left me all surrounding. You left this broken by the sun. Look what you've done.
[Verse 1]. Cosmonaut, the ruined lighthouse,. A lantern lit,. Goodbye, moony eyed walrus.. Large, fanged teeth,. He talked about the sea,. "Neath the willowy marsh, it was you and I.".
There's a world inside my head. waiting for the lights to change. waiting for the sky to fall. I shoulda known by now. . there's a moment of peace that comes.
I remember a girl so very well,. The carnival drums all mad in the air. Grim reapers and skeletons and a missionary bell,. O where do we go now but nowhere ?.
'ey!. 'ey!. 'ey!. 'ey!. . "Are you goin' to the party on Saturday," she asked as if I didn't know.. See, ever since I saw you on the back of some guy's bicycle....
Well I will rise. the morning comes. nothing ever stays the same. I saw it written on your own face. You're not supposed to be the best of them. you never ever could.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------. (l,m) Nick Cave. (Inspired by the traditional song 'Katie Cruel'). (p) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.
With a crooked smile. And a heart-shaped face. Comes from the West country. Where the birds sing bass. She's got a house-big heart. Where we all live.
Along crags and sunless cracks I go. Up rib of rock, donw spine of stone. I dare not slumber where the right winds whistle. Lest her creeping-soul clutch this heart of thistle.
The sign on the wall was the same before. The words are so loud, as they fall from your mouth. I know the miles are sure to come. . You needed an out, I needed a change.
Alice wakes. It is morning. She is yawning. As she walks about the room. Her hair falls down her breast. She is naked and it is June. . Standing at the window.
I hope she doesn't see. The lipstick stain on the edge of the wine glass. Hope that she can't see it in my eyes. . I hope she doesn't notice. I've come home late every night this week.
Wait it out till the light. Take a breathe, say good night. But don't ever go away. . Wait around to find the time. Only you can take what's mine. But don't ever go away.
O My O My. What a wretched life. I was born on the day. That my poor mother died. I was cut from her belly. With a stanley knife. My daddy did a jig. With the drunk midwife.
Whoa whoa whoa whoa. Whoa whoa whoa whoa. A million miles away from where you are. How dare let you get away under these stars. Whoa whoa whoa whoa. Whoa whoa whoa whoa.
Looka yonder! Looka yonder!. Looka yonder! A big black cloud come!. O comes to Tupelo. Comes to Tupelo.. Yonder on the horizon.. Stopped at the mighty river and.
I was forever downwards spiraling. I was the first-born child of the hurricane. There's a hole in the sky, a hole in my head. Shadow I fight to free me from it.