Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds Lyrics

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds Lyrics

"When I First Came To Town Lyrics"

7 deadly sins Lyrics
The seven deadly sins We find them all and burst Where degenerate kings pushy beggars Fallen ladies of letters and verse Pride, lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath and envy It's all in a hard days work

When I first came to town
All the people gathered round
They bought me drinks
Lord, how they quickly changed their tune


When I first came to town
People took me round from end to end
Like someone may take round a friend
O how quickly they changed their tune


Suspicion and dark murmurs surround me
Everywhere I go they confound me
As though the blood on my hands
Is there for every citiz
Simon Lyrics
Catch your breath, Hit the wall, Scream out loud, As you start to crawl Back in your cage The only place Where they will Leave you alone. 'Cause the weak will Seek the weaker til
en to see


O sweet Jesus
There is no turning back
There is always one more town
A little further down the track


And from my window, across the tracks
I watch the juicers burn their fires
And in that light
Their faces leer at me
How I wish they'd just let me be


When I first came to town
Their favours were for free
Now even the doors of the whores of this town
Are closed to
Mountain Town (Reprise) Lyrics
Everything worked out, what a happy end! Americans and Canadians are friends again So let's all join hands, and knock opression down! Don't you know our little lives are now complete.. 'Cos Te
me


I search the mirror
And I try to see
Why the people of this town
Have washed their hands of me


O sweet Jesus
There is no turning back
There is always one more town
A little further down the track


O lord, every god-damn turn I take
I fear the noose, I fear the stake
For there is no bone
They did not break
In all the towns I've been before


Well those that
Strange Affair Lyrics
(M. Riperton - R. Rudolph - M. Henderson) Hey there everybody, out there gettin down Steppin with the fashions, throwin love around You're hustlin for money, you playin' the big man's game Going ar
sin against me are snuffed out
I know from every day that I live
God-damn the day that I was born
The night that forced me from the womb
And god-damn this town
For I am leaving now
But one day I will return
And the people of this town will surely see
Just how quickly the tables turn


O sweet Jesus
This really is the end
There is always one more town
A little further round the end