Lyrics: Slowly Goes The Night Album: Tender Prey Artist: Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds   Lover, lover, goodbye So slowly goes the night I trace the print of your body with my hand Like the map of some forbidden…

Lyrics: Nick The Stripper Album: Unknown Artist: Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds   Nick the stripper Hideous to the eye Hideous to the ee He’s a fat little insect A fat little insect And oooooohhhh! here we go again…

Lyrics: Mack The Knife Album: Unknown Artist: Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds   Nick covered this in a segment in september songs: a tribute to kurt weill See the shark with teeth like razors And he wears them in…

Lyrics: Gates To The Garden Album: Unknown Artist: Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds   past the ivy-covered windows of The angel Down athenaeum lane to the cathedral Through the churchyard i wandered Sat for a spell there and i…

Lyrics: Well Of Misery Album: From Her To Eternity Artist: Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds   Along crags and sunless cracks i go Up rib of rock, donw spine of stone I dare not slumber where the night winds…

Lyrics: Ho-ho Album: Unknown Artist: Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds   Worn and gnawn A little hole Just a small hole Letting in a sick wind In small puffs Yo-ho hole Yo-ho hole Through which blow A small sick…

Lyrics: Pleasure Is The Boss Album: Unknown Artist: Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds   They’re working us like dogs around here ’cause pleasure is the boss And i’m the happiest slave alive round here ’cause pleasure is the boss…

Lyrics: Mr. Clarinet Album: Unknown Artist: Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds   I have a friend in you, oh mr clarinet You make me laugh, and then cry like the song of the clarinet. Marry me, marry me alive…

Lyrics: Sad Dark Eyes Album: Unknown Artist: Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds   [as sung by mick harvey; nick’s live versions deviate from this.] Credits: humphreys/lovett/richards/lynch/anderson/lpa I look at you in your sad dark eyes And your gypsy face…

Lyrics: Faraway, So Close! Album: Unknown Artist: Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds   From the soundtrack to the film of the same name. Empty out your pockets, toss the lot upon the floor. All those treasures, my friend, You…