Lay Me Low Lyrics - Singles - Nick Cave & The Bad Seed

They're gonna lay me low 

(Lay me low) 

They're gonna sink me in the snow 

(Lay me low) 

They're gonna throw back their heads and crow 

(Lay me low) 

When I go 

(When I go) 

They're gonna jump and shout 

(Lay me low) 

They're gonna wave their arms about 

(Lay me low) 

All the stories will come out 

(Lay me low) 

When I go 

(When I go) 

All the stars will glow bright 

(Lay me low) 

And my friends will give up the fight 

(Lay me low) 

They'll see my work in a different light 

(Lay me low) 

Yeah, when I go 

(When I go) 

They'll try telephoning my mother 

(Lay me low) 

But they'll end up getting my brother 

(Lay me low) 

Who'll spill the story on some long gone lover 

(Lay me low) 

That I hardly know 

(When I go) 

Hats off to the man 

On top of the world 

Come crawl up here, baby 

And I'll show you how it works 

If you wanna be my friend 

And you wanna repent 

And you want it all to end 

And you wanna know when 

Well, do it now, don't care how 

Take your final bow 

Make a stand, take my hand 

And blow it all to hell 

They gonna inform the police chief 

(Lay me low) 

Who'll breathe a sigh of relief 

(Lay me low) 

He'll say I was a malanderer and a badlander and a thief 

(Lay me low) 

Yeah, when I go 

(When I go) 

They'll interview my teachers 

(Lay me low) 

Who'll say I was one of God's sorrier creatures 

(Lay me low) 

They'll print informative six-page features 

(Lay me low) 

When I go 

(When I go) 

They'll bang a big old gong 

(Lay me low) 

The motorcade will be ten miles long 

(Lay me low) 

The world'll join together for a farewell song 

(Lay me low) 

When they put me down below 

(When I go) 

They'll sound a fluegelhorn 

(Lay me low) 

And the sea will rage and the sky will storm 

(Lay me low) 

All man and beast will mourn 

(Lay me low) 

When I go 

(When I go) 

Hats off to the man 

On top of the world 

Come crawl up here, baby 

And we can watch this damn thing turn 

If you wanna be my friend 

And you wanna repent 

And you want it all to end 

And you wanna know when 

Well, do it now, do it now 

Take a long last bow 

Take my hand, make a stand 

And blow it all to hell 

Lay me low, lay me low 

(Lay me low) 

Lay me low, lay me low 

(Lay me low) 

Lay me low, lay me low 

(Lay me low) 

Lay me low, lay me low 

Yeah, when I go, yeah, when I 

(When I go) 

Lay me low, lay me low 

(Lay me low) 

Lay me low, yeah, lay me low 

(Lay me low) 

Lay me low, lay me low 

(Lay me low) 

Yeah, when I go 

(When I go) 

Lay me low, lay me low 

(Lay me low) 

Lay me low, lay me low 

(Lay me low) 

Lay me low, lay me low 

(Lay me low) 

Lay me low