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Nick Cave : The Good Son
1990

  1. Foi Na Cruz
  2. The Good Son
  3. Sorrow's Child
  4. The Weeping Song
  5. The Ship Song
  6. The Hammer Song
  7. Lament
  8. The Witness Song
  9. Lucy

Foi Na Cruz

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Foi na cruz, foi na cruz, que um dia
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Meus pecados castigados em Jesus
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Foi na cruz, que um dia, foi na cruz
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Love comes a-knocking,
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Comes a-knocking upon our door
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But you, you and me love,
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| We don't live there anymore
Foi na cruz, foi na cruz, que um dia
Meus pecados castigados em Jesus
Foi na cruz, que um dia, foi na cruz
 A little sleep, a little slumber A little folding of the hands to sleep A little love, a little hate, babe A little trickery and deceit
Foi na cruz, foi na cruz, que um dia
Meus pecados castigados em Jesus
Foi na cruz, que um dia, foi na cruz
First line of verse omitted
Dream on till you can dream no more For all our great plans, babe Will be dreams forever more
Foi na cruz, foi na cruz, que um dia
Meus pecados castigados em Jesus
Foi na cruz, que um dia, foi na cruz

The Good Son

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One more man gone, one more man gone, one more man
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One more man gone, one more man gone, one more man
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One more man gone, one more man gone, one more man is gone
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The good son walks into the field He is a tiller, he has a tiller's hands But down in his heart now, he lays down queer plans Against his brother and against his family Yet he worships his brother, and he worships his mother But it's his father he says is an unfair man
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The good son
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The good son
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The good son
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The good son has sat and often wept Beneath a malign star by which the good son's kept And the night-time in which he's wrapped Speaks of good now, and it speaks of evil And he calls to his mother, and he calls to his father But they are deaf in the shadows of his brother's truancy The good son The good son The good son The good son And he curses his mother, and he curses his father And he curses his virtue like an unclean thing The good son The good son The good son
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One more man gone, one more man gone, one more man One more man gone, one more man gone, one more man One more man gone, one more man gone, one more man One more man gone, one more man gone, one more man One more man gone, one more man gone, one more man One more man gone, one more man gone, one more man

Sorrow's Child

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Sorrow's child sits by the river
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Sorrow's child hears not the water
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Sorrow's child sits by the river
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Sorrow's child hears not the water
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And just when it appears as though
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You've got strength enough to stand
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Sorrow's child, all weak and strange
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Stands waiting at your hand Sorrow's child steps in the water Sorrow's child you follow after Sorrow's child wades in deeper Sorrow's child invites you under And just when you thought as though All your tears were wept and done Sorrow's child grieves not what has passed But all the past still yet to come Sorrow's child sits by the water Sorrow's child your arms enfold her Sorrow's child you're loathe to befriend her Sorrow's child but in sorrow surrender And just when is seems as though All your tears were at an end Sorrow's child lifts up her hand And she brings it down again Sorrow's child Sorrow's child Sorrow's child Sorrow's child |
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The Weeping Song

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Go son, go down to the water And see the women weeping there Then go up into the mountains The men, they are weeping too Father, why are all the women weeping? They are weeping for their men Then why are all the men there weeping? They are weeping back at them
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This is the weeping song
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A song in which to weep
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While all the men and women sleep
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This is the weeping song
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But I won't be weeping long Father, why are all the children weeping? They are merely crying son Oh, are they merely crying, father? Yes, true weeping is yet to come This is the weeping song A song in which to weep While all the men and women sleep This is the weeping song But I won't be weeping long Oh father tell me, are you weeping? Your face seems wet to touch Oh then I'm so sorry, father I never thought I hurt you so much This is the weeping song A song in which to weep While we rock ourselves to sleep This is the weeping song But I won't be weeping long But I won't be weeping long But I won't be weeping long But I won't be weeping long

The Ship Song

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| ... Come sail your ships around me, and burn your bridges down We make a little history, baby, every time you come around Come loose your dogs upon me, and let your hair hang down You are a little mystery to me, every time you come around
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We talk about it all night long
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We define our moral grounds
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But when I crawl into your arms
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Everything comes tumbling down Come sail your ships around me, and burn your bridges down We make a little history, baby, every time you come around Come loose your dogs upon me, and let your hair hang down You are a little mystery to me, every time you come around Your face has fallen sad now For you know the time is nigh When I must remove your wings And you, you must try to fly Come sail your ships around me, and burn your bridges down We make a little history, baby, every time you come around Come loose your dogs upon me, and let your hair hang down You are a little mystery to me, every time you come around

The Hammer Song

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I set out on Monday The night was cold and vast And my brother slept And though I left quite quietly My father raged and raged And my mother wept Now, my life was like a river All sucked into the ground
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And then the hammer came down
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Lord the hammer came down Many miles did I roam Through the ice and through the snow My horse died on the seventh day I stumbled into a city Where the people tried to kill me And I ran in shame Then I came upon a river And I laid my saddle down And then the hammer came down Lord the hammer came down
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It knocked me to the ground
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And I said now, please, please
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Take me back to my home ground
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Lord, the hammer came down Now, I've been made weak by visions For many visions did I see All through the night In the seventh hour an angel came With many snakes in all his hands And I fled in fright I pushed off into the river And the waters came around And then the hammer came down Lord, the hammer came down And it did not make a sound And I said, please, please Take me back to my home ground Lord, the hammer came down And I pushed off into the river And the waters swelled around And then the hammer came down Lord, the hammer came down It did not make a sound And I said now, please, please Take me back to my home ground Lord, the hammer came down And it threw me round and around And I said, please, please Take me back to my home town Lord, the hammer came down And knocked me through the ground And I got down on my knees And I said, please, please I said, take me to my home ground Lord, the hammer came down And I said, please, please Take me back to my home ground Lord, the hammer came down And it threw me round and around

Lament

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I've seen your fairground hair, your seaside eyes
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Your vampire tooth and your little truth, and your tiny lies
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I know your trembling hand, your guilty prize
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Your sleeping limbs, your foreign hymns, and your midnight cries
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So dry your eyes and turn your head away
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Now there's nothing more to say, now you're gone away I know your trail of tears, your slip of hand Your monkey claw, your monkey paw and your monkey hand And I've seen your trick of blood, your trap of fire Your ancient wound, your scarlet moon, your jailhouse smile So dry your eyes and turn your head away Now there's nothing more to say, now you're gone away
Instrumental verse
So dry your eyes and turn your head away Now there's nothing more to say, now you're gone away I'll miss your urchin smile, your orphan tears Your shining prize, your tiny cries, your little fears And I'll miss your fairground hair, your seaside eyes Your little truth, and your vampire tooth, and your tiny lies So dry your eyes And turn your head away Now there's nothing more to say, now you're gone away So dry your eyes And turn your head away Now there's nothing more to say, now you're gone away So dry your eyes And turn your head away Now there's nothing more to say, now you've gone away

The Witness Song

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... Oh... yeah, yeah, well well
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I took a walk down to the port Where strangers met and do consort All blinkered with desire And a winter fog moved thickly on
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A winter fog moved thickly on
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A winter fog moved thickly on
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Now who will be the witness Who will be the witness Who will be the witness When the fog's too thick to see?
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And I saw a friend beside a wall Her hands were raised in supplication And her face I could not see at all And I raised my hands in rage And I brought them down again And we entered through the eastern door
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I entered through the eastern door
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She entered through the eastern door
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Now, who will be the witness Who will be the witness Who will be the witness When you're all to blind to see Yeah, and time gets somewhat muddled here But no matter, no matter Here come the events all tumbling down (Who will be the witness?) Now, beyond the wall was a great garden (Who will be the witness?) Into which we passed (Who will be the witness?) Me and my friend (Who will be the witness?) And the place was all overgrown with weeds (Who will be the witness?) And behold from its center there rose a great fountain (Who will be the witness?) A fountain with the healing waters (Who will be the witness?) Yes the fountain with the healing waters (Who will be the witness?) And we knelt down by the rim (Who will be the witness?) And I dipped my hand in (Who will be the witness?) And she dipped her hand in too (Who will be the witness?) And I said "Are you healed?" (Who will be the witness?) And she said "Well, are you healed?" (Who will be the witness?) And I said "Yes, I'm healed" (Who will be the witness?) And she said "Well, yes I'm healed then too" (Who will be the witness?)
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And I said "Babe, you are a liar" (Who will be the witness?) Babe, you are a liar
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Babe, you are a liar
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Babe, you are a liar, too
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Now, who will be the witness Who will be the witness Who will be the witness When you're all to healed to see And I kissed her once, I kissed her twice (And I kissed her once, I kissed her twice) And made my way to leave her (And made my way to leave her) And she raised her hand up to her face (And she raised her hand up to her face) And brought it down again (And brought it down again) I said, That gesture, it will haunt me (That gesture, it will haunt me) That gesture it will haunt me
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And I left there by the eastern door
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She left there by the western door Now, who will be the witness Who will be the witness there When you're blind and you can't see Who will be the witness, yeah baby, who will be the witness there When you're all so clean and you cannot see Who will be the witness, yeah, who will be the witness Who will be the witness, who will be the witness Who will be the witness, yeah baby, who will be the witness, there When your friends are everywhere Who will be the witness, who will be the witness there And your enemies have ceased to care Who will be the witness, who will be the witness Who will be the witness, who will be the witness Who will be the witness, yeah baby, who will be the witness there Yeah, who will be the witness, who will be the witness Who will be the witness, who will be the witness Who will be the witness, yeah, who will be the witness, yeah Who will be the witness, who will be the witness

Lucy

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Last night I lay trembling
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The moon it was low
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It was the end of love
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Of misery and woe Then suddenly above me Her face burned in light Came a vision of beauty All covered in white
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Now the bell tower is ringing
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And the night has stole past
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Oh Lucy, can you hear me?
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Wherever you rest I'll love her forever I'll love her for all time I'll love her till the stars Fall down from the sky Now the bell tower is ringing And I shake on the floor Oh Lucy, can you hear me? When I call and call Now the bell tower is ringing And the moon it is high Oh Lucy, can you hear me When I cry and cry and cry