Warren’s haunting violin intro, the drama of Nick’s anguished vocals articulating the words of pain, release, and life. Superb, thank you for sharing 🙏❤️
On the first day of May I took to the road I'd been staring out the window most of the morning I'd watched the rain claw at the glass And a vicious wind blew hard and fast I should have taken it as a warning As a warning A warning As a warning I'd given my nurse the weekend off My meals were ill prepared My typewriter had turned mute as a tomb And my piano crouched in the corner of my room With all it's teeth bared All it's teeth bared All it's teeth bared All it's teeth bared Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah I left my house without my coat Something my nurse would not have allowed And I took the small roads out of town And I passed a cow and the cow was brown And my pajamas clung to me like a shroud Like a shroud Like a shroud Like a shroud There rose before me a little house With all hope and dreams kept within A woman's voice close to my ear Said, "Why don't you come in here?" "You looked soaked to the skin" Soaked to the skin You look soaked to the skin Soaked to the skin Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah I turned to the woman and the woman was young I extended a hearty salutation But I knew if my nurse had been here She would never in a thousand years Permit me to accept that invitation Invitation That invitation That invitation Now, you might think it wise to risk it all Throw caution to the reckless wind But with her hot cocoa and her medication My nurse had been my one salvation So I turned back home I turned back home I turned back home Singing my song Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah The tears are welling in my eyes again I need twenty big buckets to catch them in Twenty pretty girls to carry them down Twenty deep holes to bury them in The tears are welling in my eyes again I need twenty big buckets to catch them in Twenty pretty girls to carry them down And twenty deep holes to bury them in
Nick Cave is a genius, beautiful song, beautiful album.
Warren’s haunting violin intro, the drama of Nick’s anguished vocals articulating the words of pain, release, and life. Superb, thank you for sharing 🙏❤️
Probably my favourite song and maybe even an album from them.
And I took the small roads out of town
And I passed a cow and the cow was brown
Now that's what I call poetry.
"I was looking for a town that was new
I passed a cow and the cow said moo"
J'ai vu le concert de l'album à Paris, j'ai joué dans une des salles à côté des années plus tard, magnifique, je l'ai fait.
On the first day of May I took to the road
I'd been staring out the window most of the morning
I'd watched the rain claw at the glass
And a vicious wind blew hard and fast
I should have taken it as a warning
As a warning
A warning
As a warning
I'd given my nurse the weekend off
My meals were ill prepared
My typewriter had turned mute as a tomb
And my piano crouched in the corner of my room
With all it's teeth bared
All it's teeth bared
All it's teeth bared
All it's teeth bared
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
I left my house without my coat
Something my nurse would not have allowed
And I took the small roads out of town
And I passed a cow and the cow was brown
And my pajamas clung to me like a shroud
Like a shroud
Like a shroud
Like a shroud
There rose before me a little house
With all hope and dreams kept within
A woman's voice close to my ear
Said, "Why don't you come in here?"
"You looked soaked to the skin"
Soaked to the skin
You look soaked to the skin
Soaked to the skin
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
I turned to the woman and the woman was young
I extended a hearty salutation
But I knew if my nurse had been here
She would never in a thousand years
Permit me to accept that invitation
Invitation
That invitation
That invitation
Now, you might think it wise to risk it all
Throw caution to the reckless wind
But with her hot cocoa and her medication
My nurse had been my one salvation
So I turned back home
I turned back home
I turned back home
Singing my song
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
The tears are welling in my eyes again
I need twenty big buckets to catch them in
Twenty pretty girls to carry them down
Twenty deep holes to bury them in
The tears are welling in my eyes again
I need twenty big buckets to catch them in
Twenty pretty girls to carry them down
And twenty deep holes to bury them in
This entire album is a triumph in musical storytelling, but this track stands out for the images it brings to the mind.
You can name all the members of your favorite band. The Bad Seeds say hold my beer.
Omg this is pure brilliant
Timeless
one of his best
More people need to hear this.
Wish I could play it to everyone I know.
Beautiful
Who is listening in 2025???
Tears are welling in my eyes again
Thank you,
Ce morceau est un peu une partie de ma vie.
Yes. R. H.
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😮😊❤
Nick
Why are these going up officially now. Twenty years later? Just curious. Love these songs.
Cos they're RARITIES AND B-SIDES 😂🤘🏻
This looks like the Good album cover from Morphine
Léonard Cohen…