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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Scum
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' “Scum” is a non-album single detailing Nick Cave’s grievances with his former roommate, journalist Mat Snow. A reaction to Snow’s lukewarm review of
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Sudden Song
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Finally I took around and saw you there / And you wake up and rising from the bed, keeping / If you won't establish, so I was leaving on a jet plane / Probably, probably nothing to
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – What Can I Give You?
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' “What Can I Give You?” was originally released on a promo CD bundled with early French releases of their 1992 album Henry’s Dream. It would later be
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Opium Tea
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' “Opium Tea” is a studio outtake recorded in 1996 but unreleased until its inclusion on the 2005 compilation B-Sides & Rarities.
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Euthanasia
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[Verse 1] / I look for you underneath the damp earth / I look for you in the night sky / I look for you underneath the thorn bush / I look for you in the hum cities / And in
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Opium Eyes
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[Verse 1] / Eventually he became part of the history of the world / He started killing men and he ain't well, scattered their bones across the sky / Came down from the city, caused
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Swing Low
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' “Swing Low” was released as the B-side to “Bring It On”, a single from their 2003 album Nocturama, and later included on the 2005 compilation B-Sides
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Cassiel's Song
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' “Cassiel’s Song” was originally released as part of the soundtrack for the German film Faraway, So Close!. The film was a sequel to Wings of Desire, a
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – The Train Song
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' “The Train Song” was originally released as the B-side to their single “The Ship Song” off of their 1990 album The Good Son. It would later be
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Come Into My Sleep
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' “Come Into My Sleep” was originally released as the B-side to their 1997 single, “Are You the One That I’ve Been Waiting For?”, before later being
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Tower of Song
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Recorded for the Leonard Cohen tribute album I’m Your Fan, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' version was edited down from a 30 minute long jam session which can be found on various
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Little Ghost Song
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' “Little Ghost Song,” a remix of “Right Out of Your Hand,”, was released as the B-side to “He Wants You”/“Babe, I’m On Fire”, a single from their 2003
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – First Waiting for You
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[Verse 1] / All through the night you ran back, and the wind caught her hair / Like a joke for the rich and a lie for the poor / And it's easy to cry on my shoulder, it's easy to
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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 – In the Ghetto
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[Verse 1] / As the snow flies / On a cold and grey Chicago morn / A poor little baby child is born in the ghetto / And his mama cries / 'Cause there's one thing that she don't need
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Fleeting Love
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Released as the B-side to “More News From Nowhere”, the second single off of the Bad Seeds' 2008 album, Dig, Lazarus, Dig!
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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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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 – Big Dream (W/ Sky)
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There's a giant in its hand / Green triangulated head and bulging eyes / Creaking multiple spines, tall as a house / Ploughing through the summer grass toward you / The shape
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Jack the Ripper (Acoustic Version)
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An acoustic version of “Jack the Ripper” off of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' 1992 album Henry’s Dream. Originally released on a limited edition 7" single along with “Straight To
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Hell Villanelle
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[Verse 1] / There's more paradise in hell than we've been told / Every step we take, we start from blue / Lie down and bleed into the water hole / [Chorus] / That's what you came
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Life Per Se
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[Verse 1] / I have nothing against life per se / There is always the little stuff to stop the big stuff / Making you wanna shoot yourself in the head / When then do I see you in
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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 – Good Good Day
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' “Good Good Day” was released as the B-side to “As I Sat Sadly By Her Side”, a single from their 2001 album No More Shall We Part and later included on
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Cocks N' Asses
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The closest thing to an instrumental in their discography, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' “Cocks N' Asses” is a sound collage of chickens, or cocks, and donkeys, or asses, along with
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Nocturama
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' “Nocturama” was released as the B-side to “Rock Of Gibraltar”, a limited release 7" single from their 2003 album Nocturama. Despite sharing a name with
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Blue Bird
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' “Blue Bird” was originally released as the B-side on the CD version of their single “Straight To You”/“Jack the Ripper” off of their 1992 album Henry’s
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Sail Away
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' “Sail Away” was originally released as the B-side to “Do You Love Me?”, one of the singles off of their 1994 album Let Love In. The song was later
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Bless His Ever Loving Heart
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' “Bless His Ever Loving Heart” came from their sessions for No More Shall We Part. The song was included on a bonus CD packaged with a limited edition
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (Ft. Debbie Harry) – Free To Walk
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Have I been in your memory / Where it's better to love than ever can be? / Your door is always open and your path is free to walk / Your door is always open and your path is free
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Red Right Hand (Scream 3 Version)
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' “Red Right Hand (Scream 3 Version)” was written for the 2000 slasher horror film Scream 3. After the first two movies in the series included the
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – King Kong Kitchee Ki-Mi-O
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' “King Kong Kitchee Ki-Mi-O” is a rendition of a folk song that dates as far back as the mid-1500’s more commonly known as “Frog Went A-Courting.” It
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – The Willow Garden
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A rendition of the traditional folk ballad, this song was released as a B-side to the single “Where the Wild Roses Grow” off of the 1996 album Murder Ballads. It was later
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Babe, I Got You Bad
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' “Babe, I Got You Bad” was originally released as the B-side to their 1997 single, “Are You the One That I’ve Been Waiting For?”, before later being
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Earthlings
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[Verse 1] / Children Halloweened in sheets / Go running up and down the streets / I thought these ghosts had gathered here for me / I thought these songs would one day set me free
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Lucy (Version #2)
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds recorded this cover of their earlier song from their 1990 album The Good Son for their collaboration EP with Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan. It would
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Little Empty Boat
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' “Little Empty Boat” was originally released as the B-side to their 1997 single, “Into My Arms”, before later being included on the 2005 compilation B-
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Deanna (Acoustic Version)
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An acoustic version of “Deanna” off of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' 1988 album Tender Prey. Originally released on a bonus 7" EP included with early pressings of The Good Son and
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Black Hair (Band Version)
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' “Black Hair (Band Version)” was originally released as the B-side to their 1997 single, “Are You the One That I’ve Been Waiting For?”, before later
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Knoxville Girl
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A rendition of a traditional Appalachian folk ballad, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' “Knoxville Girl” was released as a B-side to the single “Henry Lee” off of the 1996 album Murder
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – That’s What Jazz Is to Me
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' improvisational jazz piece “That’s What Jazz Is To Me” was released as the B-side to “Red Right Hand”, a single from their 1994 album Let Love In and
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – God's Hotel
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“God’s Hotel” is a live rendition of a song of the same name Nick Cave co-wrote with fellow Australian musician Paul Kelly. The song was performed on Santa Monica’s KCRW and
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (Ft. Dirty Three) – Time Jesum Transeuntum Et Non Riverentum
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This was a hidden track on the 1996 album Songs in the Key of X: Music from and Inspired By The X-Files. The song was a pregap hidden track, requiring listeners to rewind the album
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Rainy Night in Soho
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds recorded this cover of the Pogues for their collaboration EP with Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan. It would later be collected on the 2005 compilation B-
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – King Sized Nick Cave Blues
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[Verse 1] / Born in a puddle of virgin's blood wanting everything / The blood was my own pumping from my infant heart / I weighed myself and found myself wanting, wanting
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Accidents Will Happen
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Released as the B-side to the Bad Seeds' 2008 single “Dig, Lazarus, Dig!”.
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