1.The Friend Catcher
Lyricist:Nick Cave
I, cigarette fingers
Puff and poke
Puff and poking the smoke
It touches the ground
You and your lungs and your wrist
They throb like trains
Choo choo choo
It's a prison of sound
Of sound
She by a chinny chin chin
Eee oh eee oh
Like a Zippo smokes the way
Poke around
You and your lungs and your wrist
They throb like trains
Choo choo choo
It's a prison of sound
I poke around
She by the hair of my chinny chin chin
Eee oh eee oh eee oh eee oh
Like a Zippo smokes the way
Poke around
You and your lungs and your wrists
They throb like trains
Poke around
I poke around
2.Wildworld
Lyricist:Cave Nicholas Edward, Harvey Mick
It's a wild world, hey, it's a wild world, hey
It's a wild world, hey, hey
Hold me up baby, for I may fall
Hold my dish rag body tall
Our bodies melt together, ohh, we are one
Post crucifixion baby, post crucifixion and all undone
It's a wild world, it's a wild world,
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, it's a wild world
Hey, it's a wild world, it's a wild one to be sure
Church bells ring out the toll of our night
A forward and forever backward, forever backward, forever
forward, alright
Strophe and antistrophe, strophe and antistrophe, hey
Antistophe, antistrophe, ohh, c'mon baby and kiss me tonight
It's a wild world, a wild world
Up here in your arms tonight
It's a wild world, hey, it's a wild world, it's a wild world
It's a wild world and she's a wild girl, hey, hey, ooh, ooh
It's a wild girl, ooh, ooh, ahh, it's a wild world, ooh, ooh,
ooh
And she's a wild girl, don't push me, ooh, don't push me, ooh
Don't push me, ooh, in a wild world, ohh, ooh, ooh and don't
push
My wild girl, ooh, ooh, ooh, it's a wild world, hey, aha, hey
Aha, hey, aha, hey, aha, hey, aha, hey, aha, hey
It's a wild world, ooh
3.Blundertown
Lyricist:Howard Rowland Stuart
Blundertown is drowned in no brainstorm
Smothered in mud at the foot of the river
The color vague is slapped around stupid
Blood dries to a very dull color
I'm drowning and there is no relief from
It's only 12,000 miles to heaven
But the car is broken and we're all well-spoken
I've met three people but I don't think they like me
And we all talk about the state of the weather
I'm drowning and there is no relief from
And everything I say are my own thoughts
Don't listen to my very dull brother
I'm drowning and there is no relief from
4.Release the Bats
Lyricist:Cave Nicholas Edward, Harvey Mick
Whoah bite
Whoah bite
Release the bats, release the bats
Don't tell me that it doesn't hurt
A hundred fluttering in your skirt
Oh, don't tell me that it doesn't hurt
My baby is alright
She doesn't mind a bit of dirt
She says, 'Horror vampire, bat bite'
She says, 'Horror vampire
How I wish those bats would bite'
Whoah bite, whoah bite
Release the bats and release the bats
Pump them up and explode the things
Her legs are chafed by sticky wings
The sticky, sticky little things
My baby is a cool machine
She moves to the pulse of her generator
Says, 'Damn that sex supreme'
She says, 'Damn that horror bat'
Sex vampire, cool machine, uh
Release the bats, release the bats
Release them
Baby is a cool machine
She moves to the pulse of her generator
She says, 'Damn that sex supreme'
She says, she says, 'Damn that horror bat'
Sex horror, sex bat, sex horror, sex vampire
Sex bat, horror vampire, sex
Cool machine
Horror bat, bite
Cool machine, bite
Sex vampire, bite
Whoah, bite
5.Happy Birthday
Lyricist:Creatore Luigi, Peretti Hugo E, Plattner Herbert
It's a very happy day
We are at lots of fun, fun, fun, fun
And it's ice cream and jelly
And a punch in the belly
How much can you throw over the walls?
And see how his face glows
It's a bike, what a surprise!
It's a big bike, what a big surprise!
It's a red bike, what a red surprise!
Oh, what a surprise!
But the best thing there
But the best thing there
Was the wonderful dog chair
Was the beautiful dog chair
That could count right up to ten
It could count right up to ten
It went woof, woof, woof, woof, woof
Woof, woof, woof, woof, woof
And it's another happy day
He was born eleven years ago
And this year it's long trousers
And a very smart tie
Just think in five years he'll be shaving
And see how his face glows
It's an Ninja sword, what a surprise!
It's a Samurai sword, what a metal surprise!
He'll remember this day for the rest of his life
But the best thing there
But the best thing there
Is that sensuous dog chair
The immaculate dog chair
That could count right up to eleven
It could count right up to eleven
It went woof, woof, woof, woof, woof
Woof, woof, woof, woof, woof, woof
But the best thing there
But the best thing there
Was my darling the dog chair
The true, true dog chair
That could count right up to eleven
It could count right up to eleven
Woof, woof, woof, woof, woof, woof
Woof, woof, woof, woof, woof
Round and round the house
Round and round the house
Round and round the house
...
6.Say a Spell
Lyricist:Howard Rowland Stuart
Turn to my eyes so I may steal you
Snatching such a vision burns a shape into me
Yet another hole, yet another hole in this infested soul
In this infested soul
Could I keep you, keep you, keep you
Keep you here in my pocket or I would hang you out and show
around?
Not too much, not too much, oh let it ring
Oh let it ring, oh let it ring, wow! Let it ring
And maybe in time I could change
And I would try to be you and I would kill to be good
Until then, let's be eye to eye to eye to eye to eye
So say a spell, so say a spell
7.Hamlet
Lyricist:Cave Nicholas Edward, Howard Rowland Stuart
H A M L E T yeah, yeah
Hamlet's fishing in the grave
Fishing in the grave
Through the custard bones and stuff
He ain't got no friend in there
No, he ain't got no friend in there
I believe our man's in love
Hamlet got a gun now
He wears a crucifix
He wears a crucifix
Pow pow pow pow pow
Pow pow pow pow pow, yeah
Pow!
Hamlet moves so beautiful
Moves so beautiful
He's walking through the flowers
Waving to the people
All beautiful people
Lying in the shadows
He's moving through the street now
He likes the look of that Cadillac
Now he wants that Cadillac
Pow pow pow pow pow
Pow pow pow pow pow, yeah
Pow! Pow! Pow!
Is this love? Some kinda love?
Is this love? Some kinda love?
He's moving from the streets
He's coming to my room
He's knocking on my door
He's knocking on my door
Where for art thou, baby-face?
Where for art thou?
Pow pow pow pow pow
Pow pow pow pow pow
Pow! Yeah, yeah
Pow!
Is this love? Some kinda love?
Is this love? Pow!
Is this love? some kinda love
Is this love? Pow!
Don't let him steal your heart away
Don't let him steal your heart away
He went and stole my heart
Pow!
Don't let him steal your heart away
Don't let him steal your heart away
He went and stole my heart
Pow!
He shoot it inside
He shoot it inside
He shoot it inside
Pow!
Hey hey hey
Hey hey hey
Hey hey hey
Pow!
8.Blast Off
Lyricist:Howard Rowland
Blast off
Wham bam
This time it's the truth
This time nothing's gonna fall on through
These books are broken up
Blast off
Wham bam
Right off the shelf
Right off the shelf
Right off the shelf
Blast off
Blast off
This is it, the last one
This line's the final in a fair field of wheat
This building will may be fall down
Well blast off
Down down down
Down down the ground
Down down the ground
Down down the ground
Blast off
Blast off
Blast off
Blast off
Blast off
Blast off
Down down, down
Blast off
Blast off
Blast off
Blast off
Blast
9.Deep in the Woods
Lyricist:Cave Nicholas Edward, Harvey Mick
The woods eats the woman
And dumps her honey body in the mud
Her dress floats down the well
And it assumes the shape of the body of a little girl
Yeah I recognize that girl
She stumbled in some time last loneliness
But I could not stand to touch her now
My one and onliness
Deep in the woods
Deep in the woods
Deep in the woods
A funeral is swinging
Worms make their cruel design
Saying D I E into her skin
Saying dead into belly and death into shoulder
Well last night she kissed me but then death was upon her
Deep in the woods
Deep in the woods, yeah
Deep in the woods
A funeral is swinging
Now the killed waits for the killer
And the trees all nod their heads, they are agreed
This knife feels like a knife, feels like a knife
That feels like it's feed
Yeah I recognize that girl
I took her from rags right through to the stitches
Oh pray for me now
Oh baby, tonight we sleep in separate ditches
Deep in the woods
Deep in the woods, yeah
Deep in the woods
A funeral is swinging
Love is for fools and all fools are lovers
It's raining on my house and none of the others
Love is for fools and God knows I'm still one
The sidewalks are full of love's lonely children
The sidewalks are full of love's lonely children
The sidewalks are full of love's lonely children
The sidewalks are full of love's ugly children
Oh baby let's go, ah pray for me baby, yeah pray for me baby
The sidewalk regrets that we had to kill them and
10.Jennifer's Veil
Lyricist:Cave Nicholas Edward, Howard Rowland Stuart
So you've come back for Jennifer
You know, she hides her face behind a veil
And I'm warning you Frankie, leave on the next train
Your Jennifer she just ain't the same
They quit waving that thing around
Oh come back, oh come back
And give me a chance to explain
Your baby will never cry again
So don't try to reach out
And don't let the ship's flag down
Point the figure-head at the storm
And drive her hard upon
Don't stop and don't stop
And don't let the veil drop
Another ship ready to sail
The rigging is tight like Jennifer's veil
She drew the curtain on her face
Ever since they came and burnt the old place down
And why is she searching through the ashes?
Why, only Jennifer knows that now
And the officer, without a word
Left all his junk and just moved out
So don't try to reach out
And don't let the ship's flag down
Point the figure-head at the glass
Smash, smash, into shards
Don't stop and don't touch
And don't let the veil drop
Behind Jennifer's veil
Oh God, Frankie is that really you
Oh, get back, don't reach out
Get back
And get that lantern out of my room
And don't try to reach out
And don't let the ship's flag down
Down, down over her, like a shroud
And let her sail on the sea like a stone
Don't touch and don't touch
And don't let the veil drop
Another ship ready to dock
The rigging comes loose like Jennifer's veil
11.Kathy's Kisses
Lyricist:Cave Nicholas Edward
Kathy's kisses, they fall out of
Her mouth onto the floor, collect dust
And sweep them under the door
12.Swampland
Lyricist:Cave Nicholas Edward, Harvey Mick, Howard Rowland Stuart, Pew
Tracy Franklin
Quicksand, I'm in it's grip
Quicksand, I'm in it's grip
A sinken in the mud
Patron saint of the bog
They come with boots of blood
With pitchfork and with club
And they're chantin' out my name
And they got doggies screamin' on a chain
Lucy, I'll love you till the end
They hunt me like a dog
Down in swamp land
So come my executioner
Come my bounty hunter
Come my county killers
I cannot run no more
I cannot run no more
I cannot run no more
No, I can't, no
Oh, Lucy, you won't see this face again
When I caught you swing and burn
Down in swamp land
The trees are veiled in fog
The trees are veiled in fog
Like so many jilted brides
Hey and now they're all breakin down and cryin'
Splashing tears upon my face
Splashing tears cold upon my face
And they smell of gasoline, I scream
Lucy, you made a sinner right out of me
And now I'm burnin' like a saint
Down in swamp land
So come my executioner
Come my bounty hunter
Come my county killers
I cannot run no more
I cannot run no more
I cannot run no more
I cannot run no more
No, I can't
Down in swamp land
13.Sonnys Burning
Lyricist:Cave Nicholas Edward, Harvey Mick, Howard Rowland Stuart, Pew
Tracy Franklin
Hands up, who wants to die
Have you heard how Sonny's burning
Like some bright erotic star?
And he lights up the proceedings
And raises the temperature
Flame on, flame on
Someday I'll cut him down, yeah uh
Now I've seen to Sonny's burning
Yeah, someday I think, I'll cut him down
But it can get so cold in here
And he gives off such an evil heat
Flame on, flame on
Hey hey, hail my incubatic incubator
Now pay witness to Sonny's burning
Warming the damp and rotten seed
Warming the damp and rotten seed
That blooms into the demon flower
Now fire and flowers both consume me
Flame on, flame on
Evil heat is running through me, through me
Flame on, now flame on
Evil heat is running through me uh, uh, uh, uh
Flame on, flame on
Now Sonny's burning pits into me
Flame on, yeah flame on
Sonny's burning holes into me
Don't interrupt, don't interrupt
Flame on, flame on
Through me, yeah through me
Don't interrupt, flame on
Flame on, flame on
Flame on, flame on
Flame on, flame on
Flame on, flame on
Evil heat, baby, it consumes me
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