__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Murder Ballads (1996)
Song of Joy
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__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________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 ago I met a girl named Joy
She was a sweet and happy thing
Her eyes were bright blue jewels
And we were married in the spring
I had no idea what happiness and little love could bring
Or what life had in store
But all things move toward their end
All things move toward their their end
On that you can be sure
La la la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la la
Then one morning I awoke to find her weeping
And for many days to follow
She grew so sad and lonely
Became Joy in name only
Within her breast there launched an unnamed sorrow
And a dark and grim force set sail
Farewell happy fields
Where joy forever dwells
* Hail horrors hail *
Was it an act of contrition or some awful premonition
As if she saw into the heart of her final blood-soaked night
Those lunatic eyes, that hungry kitchen knife
Ah, I see sir, that I have your attention!
Well, could it be?
How often I've asked that question
Well, then in quick succession
We had babies, one, two, three
We called them Hilda, Hattie and Holly
They were their mother's children
Their eyes were bright blue jewels
And they were quiet as a mouse
There was no laughter in the house
No, not from Hilda, Hattie or Holly
"No wonder", people said, "poor mother Joy's so melancholy"
Well, one night there came a visitor to our little home
I was visiting a sick friend
I was a doctor then
Joy and the girls were on their own
La la la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la la
Joy had been bound with electrical tape
In her mouth a gag
She'd been stabbed repeatedly
And stuffed into a sleeping bag
In their very cots my girls were robbed of their lives
Method of murder much the same as my wife's
Method of murder much the same as my wife's
It was midnight when I arrived home
Said to the police on the telephone
Someone's taken four innocent lives
They never caught the man
He's still on the loose
It seems he has done many many more
Quotes John Milton on the walls in the victim's blood
The police are investigating at tremendous cost
In my house he wrote "his red right hand"
That, I'm told is from Paradise Lost
The wind round here gets wicked cold
But my story is nearly told
I fear the morning will bring quite a frost
And so I've left my home
I drift from land to land
I am upon your step and you are a family man
Outside the vultures wheel
The wolves howl, the serpents hiss
And to extend this small favour, friend
Would be the sum of earthly bliss
Do you reckon me a friend?
The sun to me is dark
And silent as the moon
Do you, sir, have a room?
Are you beckoning me in?
La la la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la la
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds studio albums
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From Her to Eternity (1984)
1. Avalanche (5:13) • 2. Cabin Fever! (6:11) • 3. Well of Misery (5:25) • 4. From Her to Eternity (5:33) • 5. In the Ghetto (4:06)
6. The Moon is in the Gutter (2:36) • 7. Saint Huck (7:22) • 8. Wings off Flies (4:06) • 9. A Box for Black Paul (9:42)
10. From Her to Eternity (4:35)
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The Firstborn Is Dead (1985)
1. Tupelo (7:17) • 2. Say Goodbye to the Little Girl Tree (5:10) • 3. Train Long-Suffering (3:49) • 4. Black Crow King (5:05)
5. Knockin' on Joe (7:38) • 6. Wanted Man (5:27) • 7. Blind Lemon Jefferson (6:10) • 8. The Six Strings That Drew Blood (4:50)
9. Tupelo (5:01)
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Kicking Against the Pricks (1986)
1. Muddy Water (5:15) • 2. I'm Gonna Kill That Woman (3:44) • 3. Sleeping Annaleah (3:18) • 4. Long Black Veil (3:46)
5. Hey Joe (3:56) • 6. The Singer (a.k.a. The Folksinger) (3:09) • 7. Black Betty (2:33) • 8. Running Scared (2:07)
9. All Tomorrow's Parties (5:52) • 10. By the Time I Get to Phoenix (3:39) • 11. The Hammer Song (3:50)
12. Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart (3:44) • 13. Jesus Met the Woman at the Well (2:00) • 14. The Carnival Is Over (3:16)
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Your Funeral... My Trial (1986)
1. Sad Waters (5:00) • 2. The Carny (8:01) • 3. Your Funeral, My Trial (3:56) • 4. Stranger Than Kindness (4:47)
5. Jack's Shadow (5:41) • 6. Hard On for Love (5:19) • 7. She Fell Away (4:30) • 8. Long Time Man (5:35) • 9. Scum (5:35)
5. Jack's Shadow (5:41) • 6. Hard On for Love (5:19) • 7. She Fell Away (4:30) • 8. Long Time Man (5:35) • 9. Scum (5:35)
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Tender Prey (1988)
1. The Mercy Seat (7:17) • 2. Up Jumped the Devil (5:16) • 3. Deanna (3:45) • 4. Watching Alice (4:01) • 5. Mercy (6:22)
6. City of Refuge (4:48) • 7. Slowly Goes the Night (5:23) • 8. Sunday's Slave (3:40) • 9. Sugar Sugar Sugar (5:01)
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The Good Son (1990)
1. Foi Na Cruz (5:39) • 2. The Good Son (6:01) • 3. Sorrow's Child (4:36) • 4. The Weeping Song (4:21) • 5. The Ship Song (5:14)
6. The Hammer Song (4:16) • 7. Lament (4:51) • 8. The Witness Song (5:57) • 9. Lucy (4:17) • X. The Train Song (4:17)
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Henry's Dream (1992)
1. Papa Won't Leave You, Henry (5:54) • 2. I Had a Dream, Joe (3:43) • 3. Straight to You (4:35) • 4. Brother, My Cup Is Empty (3:02)
5. Christina the Astonishing (4:51) • 6. When I First Came to Town (5:22) • 7. John Finn's Wife (5:13)
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Let Love In (1994)
1. Do You Love Me? (5:56) • 2. Nobody's Baby Now (3:52) • 3. Loverman (6:21) • 4. Jangling Jack (2:47)
5. Red Right Hand (6:10) • 6. I Let Love In (4:14) • 7. Thirsty Dog (3:48) • 8. Ain't Gonna Rain Anymore (3:46)
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Murder Ballads (1996)
5. Where the Wild Roses Grow (3:57) • 6. The Curse of Millhaven (6:55) • 7. The Kindness of Strangers (4:39)
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The Boatman's Call (1997)
1. Into My Arms (4:15) • 2. Lime Tree Arbour (2:56) • 3. People Ain't No Good (5:42) • 4. Brompton Oratory (4:06)
5. There Is a Kingdom (4:52) • 6. (Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For? (4:05) • 7. Where Do We Go Now but Nowhere? (5:46)
8. West Country Girl (2:45) • 9. Black Hair (4:14) • 10. Idiot Prayer (4:21) • 11. Far from Me (5:33)
12. Green Eyes (3:32)
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No More Shall We Part (2001)
1. As I Sat Sadly by Her Side (6:15) • 2. And No More Shall We Part (4:00) • 3. Hallelujah (7:48) • 4. Love Letter (4:08)
11. Gates to the Garden (4:09) • 12. Darker with the Day (6:07) • Grief Came Riding (5:06) • Bless His Ever Loving Heart (5:06)
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Nocturama (2003)
Nocturama (2003)
1. Wonderful Life (6:49) • 2. He Wants You (3:30) • 3. Right Out of Your Hand (5:15) • 4. Bring It On (5:22)
5. Dead Man in My Bed (4:40) • 6. Still in Love (4:44) • 7. There Is a Town (4:58) • 8. Rock of Gibraltar (3:00)
9. She Passed by My Window (3:20) • 10. Babe, I'm on Fire (14:45)
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Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus (2004)
Disc one: Abattoir Blues
1. Get Ready for Love (5:05) • 2. Cannibal's Hymn (4:54) • 3. Hiding All Away (6:31) • 4. Messiah Ward (5:14)
5. There She Goes, My Beautiful World (5:17) • 6. Nature Boy (4:54) • 7. Abattoir Blues (3:58) • 8. Let the Bells Ring (4:26)
9. Fable of the Brown Ape (2:45)
9. Fable of the Brown Ape (2:45)
Disc two: The Lyre of Orpheus
1. The Lyre of Orpheus (5:36) • 2. Breathless (3:13) • 3. Babe, You Turn Me On (4:21) • 4. Easy Money (6:43)
5. Supernaturally (4:37) • 6. Spell (4:25) • 7. Carry Me (3:37) • 8. O Children (6:51)
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Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (2008)
Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (2008)
1. Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (4:10) • 2. Today's Lesson (4:41) • 3. Moonland (3:53) • 4. Night of the Lotus Eaters (4:53)
5. Albert Goes West (3:32) • 6. We Call Upon the Author (5:12) • 7. Hold on to Yourself (5:51) • 8. Lie Down Here (& Be My Girl) (4:58)
9. Jesus of the Moon (3:22) • 10. Midnight Man (5:07) • 11. More News from Nowhere (7:58)
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Push the Sky Away (2013)
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1. We No Who U R (4:04) • 2. Wide Lovely Eyes (3:40) • 3. Water's Edge (3:49) • 4. Jubilee Street (6:35) • 5. Mermaids (3:49)
6. We Real Cool (4:18) • 7. Finishing Jubilee Street (4:28) • 8. Higgs Boson Blues (7:50)
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