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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! Lie Down Here (And Be My Girl)

Contributors

  • ISRC:GBAJH0700744
  • Recorded:2007 State of the Ark - London, ENG
  •  ©2008 Mute Records Limited Under Exclusive License To Anti Inc.
  • Vocals:Nick Cave
  • Bass:Martyn P. Casey
  • Viola, Fender Mondocaster, Tenor Guitar:Warren Ellis
  • Electric & Acoustic Guitar:Mick Harvey
  • Drums, Percussion:Jim Sclavunos

Lyrics

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