Lie Down Here (& Be My GIrl)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
well y/ lost a foe &
y/ found yrself a friend
(lie down here & be my girl)
I’m back now/ baby / that man
he won’t be coming round here again
(lie down here & be my girl)
I’m trying to tread careful/ baby
yr as brittle as the wishbone of a bird
(lie down here & be my girl)
we’ve been scribbled in the margins
of a story that is patently absurd
(lie down here & be my girl)
& let it all come down
tonight
(& shine & shine)
& let it all come down
(be my girl/be my girl)
it’s a matter of some urgency
o darling can’t y/ see/ I can’t hold back the tide
(lie down here & be my girl)
& stop yr frantic little fingers trying to collect
the years that pour from the hole in my side
(lie down here & be my girl)
o don’t worry baby/ this old snake
banging at yr door has got a few skins left to shed
(lie down here & be my girl)
o y/ look so good/ y/ look so so good
the rest is better left unsaid
(lie down here & be my girl)
let it all come down
tonight
(& shine & we can shine)
let it all come down
tonight (be my girl)
one day I’ll buy a factory & I’ll assemble y/
on a production line
(lie down here & be my girl)
I’d build a million of y/ baby
& every single one of them will be mine
(lie down here & be my girl)
I will fill the house w/ y/ stack y/ up
in every room/ we’ll have a real good time
(lie down here & be my girl)
but right now/ I’m sitting here
on my own/ going out of my mind
(lie down here & be my girl)
let it all come down
tonight
(& shine & shine)
tonight
tonight (be my girl)
y/ look so good
y/ look so good
&tc &tc &tc
