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Well Of Misery

This version of Well Of Misery was released by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds in 1984.

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Along crags and sunless cracks I go
Up rib of rock, down spine of stone
I dare not slumber where the night winds whistle
Lest her creeping-soul clutch this heart of thistle

O the same God that abandon’d her
Has in turn abandon’d me
And softenin’ the turf with my tears
I dug a Well of Misery

And, in that Well of Misery
Hangs a bucket fulla Sorrow
It swings slow an’ achin’ like a bell
Its toll is dead and hollow

Down that well lies the long-lost dress
of my lil floatin girl
That muffles a tear that you let fall
All down that Well of Misery

Put ya shoulder to the handle, if ya dare
and hoist that bucket, hither
Lord, crank’n’hoist’n’hoist’n’crank
Till ya muscles waste’n’wither

O the same God that abandon’d her
Has in turn abandon’d me
Deep in the Desert of Despair
I wait at the Well of Misery

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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds has released many songs over the years besides Well Of Misery. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds released songs from 1984 to 2004 spanning across albums like From Her To Eternity, The Firstborn Is Dead, Kicking Against The Pricks, Your Funeral My Trial, Tender Prey, The Good Son, Henry's Dream, Let Love In, Murder Ballads, The Boatman's Call, No More Shall We Part, and Abattoir Blues / The Lyre Of Orpheus. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.

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