Genius Lyrics
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Wide Lovely Eyes
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[Verse 1] / You wave at the sky with wide lovely eyes / Waves and waves of love goodbye / Through the garden with your secret key / Down the tunnel that leads to the sea / Step on
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – West Country Girl
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Track #8 on Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds‘ tenth studio album The Boatman’s Call.
The title could be a riff on Dylan’s Girl From The North Country, and probably refers to Cave’s ex-
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – As I Sat Sadly By Her Side
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“As I Sat Sadly By Her Side” is the opening track on Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds‘ eleventh studio album No More Shall We Part.
The lyrics are talking about an argument between man
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Needle Boy
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[Verse 1] / At the turn of the century I did many things to protect myself / I did many things to protect myself / I made myself a needle-boy / And I hid him in the closet / And I
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Water's Edge
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[Verse 1] / They take apart their bodies like toys for the local boys / Because they're always there at the edge of the water / They come from the capital, these city girls / Go
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Steve McQueen
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[Verse 1] / Here I am, the Moonlight Man with my six shooter, / I’m Steve McQueen, call me a cab / I'm that kinda guy, I have a dream / Sometimes I get the elevator to the top of
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – First Bright Horses
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[Verse] / The bright horses have broken fields from the fields / They are horses of love, their manes full of fire / They are parting the cities, those bright, burning horses / And
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – John Finn's Wife
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[Verse 1] / Well, the night was deep and the night was dark / And I was at the old dancehall on the edge of town / Some big ceremony was going down / Well, dancers writhed and
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – We Real Cool
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This track derives its title from legendary African-American poet Gwendolyn Brooks' 1959 poem, “We Real Cool.”
The song references passages in the books of Isaiah and Job in the
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – O'Malley's Bar
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Track #9 from Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds‘ ninth studio album Murder Ballads.
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Jubilee Street
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“Jubilee Street” was the second single from Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' fifteenth studio album, Push the Sky Away. It was released on 15 January 2013.
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Lightning Bolts
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[Verse 1] / Two lightning bolts were delivered to my room / They were gifts from Zeus / I rock the bolts in a bassinet of pine / People ask me how I am / I say, "I'm all right, I'm
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Mermaids
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[Verse 1] / She was a catch / We were a match / I was the match that would fire up her snatch / There was a catch / I was no match / I was fired from her crotch / I sit around and
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Higgs Boson Blues
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A real 21st century blues, where Cave takes stock of the modern world and where it’s headed. Higgs Boson Blues is an existentialist poem, looking around and asking questions of the
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – The Lyre of Orpheus
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[Verse 1] / Orpheus sat gloomy in his garden shed / Wondering what to do / With a lump of wood, a piece of wire / And a little pot of glue / [Chorus] / O Mama / O Mama / [Verse 2
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Push the Sky Away
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[Verse 1] / I was riding, I was riding home / The sun, the sun, the sun was rising from the field / [Verse 2] / I got a feeling I just can't shake / I got a feeling that just won't
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Brompton Oratory
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Track #4 on Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds‘ tenth studio album The Boatman’s Call.
Brompton Oratory is a large Catholic church in the heart of London, in Knightsbridge.
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (Ft. Benjamin Northey & Melbourne Symphony Orchestra) – Push The Sky Away (Live with The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)
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[Verse 1] / I got a feeling I just can't shake / I got a feeling just won't go away / [Chorus] / You've got to just keep on pushing / Keep on pushing / Push the sky away / [Verse 2
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Hey Little Firing Squad
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[Verse 1] / Well, your house is full of furniture / And your lovely heart is filled / With a million pretty little dreams that your daddy / Well, he went and killed / There's a
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Heart that Kills You
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[Verse 1] / Adam watches his little Eve sleeping in a grief of snow / Not knowing what to do or where to go / He packed his bags for the big city / Oh what else, lie around lying
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Vortex
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[Verse 1] / When my love comes down / Down to see you / When my love comes down / Down to see you / I just want to be with you / When my love comes down / Down to see you / [Chorus
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