Let Love In
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
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1
Do You Love Me?
05 : 56
2
Nobody’s Baby Now
03 : 52
3
Loverman
06 : 21
4
Jangling Jack
02 : 47
5
Red Right Hand
06 : 10
6
I Let Love In
04 : 14
7
Thirsty Dog
03 : 48
8
Ain’t Gonna Rain Anymore
03 : 46
9
Lay Me Low
05 : 08
10
Do You Love Me? Part 2
06 : 12
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Track Lyrics
Do You Love Me? Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I found her on a night of fire and noise
Wild bells rang in a wild sky
I knew from that moment on
I'd love her till the day that I died
And I kissed away a thousand tears
My lady of the Various Sorrows
Some begged, some borrowed, some stolen
Some kept safe for tomorrow
On an endless night, silver star spangled
The bells from the chapel went jingle-jangle
[Chorus]
(Do you love me?) Do you love me?
(Do you love me?) Do you love me?
(Do you love me?) Do you love me?
(Do you love me?) Do you love me?
Like I love you
[Verse 2]
She was given to me to put things right
And I stacked all my accomplishments beside her
Yet I seemed so obsolete and small
I found God and all His devils inside her
In my bed she cast the blizzard out
A mock sun blazed upon her head
So completely filled with light she was
Her shadow fanged and hairy and mad
Our love-lines grew hopelessly tangled
And the bells in the chapel go jingle-jangle
[Chorus]
(Do you love me?) Do you love me?
(Do you love me?) Do you love me?
(Do you love me?) Do you love me?
(Do you love me?) Do you love me?
Like I love you
[Verse 3]
She had a heart full of love and devotion
She had a mindful of tyranny and terror
Well, I try, I do, I really try
But I just err, baby, I do, I error
So come and find me, my darling one
I'm down to the grounds, the very dregs
Ah, here she comes, blocking the sun
Blood running down the inside of her legs
The moon in the sky is battered and mangled
And the bells from the chapel go jingle-jangle, jingle-jangle, jingle-jangle, jingle-jangle
[Chorus]
(Do you love me?) Do you love me?
(Do you love me?) Do you love me?
(Do you love me?) Do you love me?
(Do you love me?) Do you love me?
Like I love you
[Verse 4]
All things move toward their end
I knew before I met her that I would lose her
I swear I made every effort to be good to her
I made every effort not to abuse her
Crazy bracelets on her wrists and her ankles
And the bells from the chapel go jingle-jangle
[Chorus]
(Do you love me?) Do you love me?
(Do you love me?) Do you love me?
(Do you love me?) Do you love me?
(Do you love me?) Do you love me?
Like I love you
(Do you love me?)
(Do you love me?)
(Do you love me?)
(Do you love me?)
Like I love you
(Do you love me?)
(Do you love me?)
(Do you love me?)
(Do you love me?)
Nobody’s Baby Now Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I've searched the holy books
I tried to unravel the mystery of Jesus Christ, the saviour
I've read the poets and the analysts
Searched through the books on human behaviour
[Chorus 1]
I traveled this world around
For an answer that refused to be found
I don't know why and I don't know how
But she's nobody's baby now
[Verse 2]
I loved her then, and I guess I love her still
Hers is the face I see when a certain mood moves in
She lives in my blood and skin
Her wild feral stare, her dark hair
Her winter lips, as cold as stone
Yeah, I was her man
[Chorus 2]
But there are some things even love won't allow
I held her hand but I don't hold it now
I don't know why and I don't know how
But she's nobody's baby now
[Verse 3]
This is her dress that I loved best
With the blue quilted violets across the breast
And these are my many letters
Torn to pieces by her long-fingered hand
I was her cruel hearted man
[Chorus 3]
And though I've tried to lay her ghost down
She's moving through me, even now
I don't know why and I don't know how
But she's nobody's baby now
She's nobody's baby now
Nobody's baby now
She's nobody's baby now
Loverman Lyrics
[Verse 1]
There's a devil waiting outside your door
(How much longer?)
There's a devil waiting outside your door
(How much longer?)
And he's bucking and braying and pawing at the floor
(How much longer?)
And he's howling with pain and crawling up the wall
(How much longer?)
Oh yeah, there's a devil waiting outside your door
(How much longer?)
He's weak with evil and broken by the world
(How much longer?)
He's shouting your name and he's asking for more
(How much longer?)
Give him more, give him more
There's a devil waiting outside your door
(How much longer?)
[Hook]
Loverman! Since the world began
Forever, amen, 'til the end of time
Take off that dress, I'm coming down
I'm your loverman
'Cause I am what I am what I am what I am
[Chorus]
L is for LOVE, baby
O is for ONLY you that I do
V is for loving VIRTUALLY all that you are
E is for loving almost EVERYTHING you do
R is for RAPE me and
M is for MURDER me and
A is for ANSWERING all of my prayers
N is for KNOWING your loverman's going to be the answer to all of yours
[Hook]
Loverman! Til the bitter end
While empires burn down
Forever and ever and ever and ever, amen
Loverman
So help me, baby
So help me
'Cause I am what I am what I am
I'll be your loverman!
[Verse 2]
There's a devil crawling along your floor
(How much longer?)
There's a devil crawling along your floor
(How much longer?)
With a trembling heart, he's coming through the door
(How much longer?)
With his straining sex and his jumping paw
(How much longer?)
Oh yeah, there'a a devil crawling along your floor
(How much longer?)
And he's old and he's stupid and he's hungry and he's sore
And he's lame and he's blind and he's dirty and he's poor
(Give him more, give him more, give him more, give him more
Give him more, give him more, give him more, give him more)
(How much longer?)
There's a devil crawling along your floor, oh yeah
(How much longer?)
[Hook]
Loverman! Now here I stand
Forever, amen, 'cause I am what I am, what I am, what I am
Forgive me, baby, my hands are bound
And I got no choice, no, I got no choice at all
[Chorus]
I'll say it again
L is for LOVE, baby, and
O is for O yes I do
V is for VIRTUE, so I ain't gonna hurt you
E is for EVEN if you want me to
R is for RENDER unto me, baby
M is for that which is MINE
A is for ANY old how, darling
N is for ANY old time
[Hook]
I'll be your loverman! I got a masterplan
To take off your dress and be your man
Seize the throne and seize the mantle
Seize the crown, cause I am what I am, what I am, what I am
Your loverman!
[Verse 3]
There's a devil lying by your side
(How much longer?)
You might think he's asleep, but look at his eyes
(How much longer?)
He wants you, baby, to be his bride
(How much longer?)
There's a devil lying by your side, oh yeah
(How much longer?)
[Outro]
Oh he's a loverman! Oh he's a loverman!
Can you comprehend, 'cause I am what I am, what I am, what I am
What I am, what I am, what I am, what I am
'Cause he's a loverman! A real loverman!
A real loverman! A real loverman!
A loverman, loverman!
A loverman, loverman!
'Cause I am what I am, what I am, what I am, what I am
What I am, what I am, what I am
Jangling Jack Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Jangling Jack
Goes Yackety Yack
Visits the home of the brave
Hails a fat yellow cab
Jack wanna celebrate
Jack wanna big drink
Driver drops him at a bar
Called the Rinky Dink
Jack pushes through the door
And crosses the floor
Tips his hat to a man
Grinning in the corner
Going Do da do
Going Do da do
Going Do da do
Going Do da do
[Verse 2]
Says, I'm Jangling Jack
I go Do da do
I wanna Rinky Dink Special
I wanna little umbrella too
And he flops on his stool
Sees the grinning man laugh
So Jack laughs back
Jack raises his glass
Says, "God bless this country
And everything in it
The losers and the winners
The good guys and the sinners"
The grinning man says, Buddy
It's all Yackety Yack
Whips out a little black pistol
Shoots a bullet in Jack
[Chorus]
Ah yeah now, Jangling Jack Do Da Do Do Da Do
Jangling Jack
How do you Do Da Do
Jangling Jack
How do you Do Da Do
Jangling Jack
How do you Do Da Do
[Verse 3]
Hey brother
Jangling Jack Flies off his seat
Crashes through the door
Lands in a heap on the street
Hears his mother's voice
Going, Do do do
Jack is shouting
Mummy, mummy, mummy is that you?
He sees the berserk city
Sees the dead stacked in piles
Sees the screaming crowd
Screams, Where am I?
Going Do da do
Going Do da do
Going Do da do
Going Do da do
[Chorus]
Ah yeah, Jangling Jack Do Da Do Do Da Do
Jangling Jack
How do you Do Da Do
Jangling Jack
How do you Do Da Do
Jangling Jack
How do you Do Da Do
[Verse 4]
Mummy, mummy
Well Jangling Jack
As a matter of fact
Crawls through the crowd
Back into the bar
Jack crawls to his stool
Jack drags himself up
Falls back down on his arse
In a puddle of blood
Going "Goodbye Mummy
Goodbye Pa"
Then Jack doubles over
And he vomits and dies
Going Do da do
Going Do da do
Going Do da do
Going Do da do
[Chorus]
Oh yeah, Jangling Jack Do Da Do Do Da Do
Jangling Jack
How do you Do Da Do
Jangling Jack
How do you Do Da Do
Jangling Jack
How do you Do Da Do
Red Right Hand Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Take a little walk to the edge of town and go across the tracks
Where the viaduct looms, like a bird of doom as it shifts and cracks
Where secrets lie in the border fires in the humming wires
Hey man, you know you're never coming back
Past the square, past the bridge, past the mills, past the stacks
On a gathering storm comes a tall handsome man
In a dusty black coat with a red right hand
[Verse 2]
He'll wrap you in his arms, tell you that you've been a good boy
He'll rekindle all the dreams, it took you a lifetime to destroy
He'll reach deep into the hole, heal your shrinking soul
But there won't be a single thing that you can do
He's a god, he's a man, he's a ghost, he's a guru
They're whispering his name through this disappearing land
But hidden in his coat is a red right hand
[Verse 3]
You don't have no money? He'll get you some
You don't have no car? He'll get you one
You don't have no self-respect, you feel like an insect
Well don't you worry buddy 'cause here he comes
Through the ghettos and the barrio and the Bowery and the slums
A shadow is cast wherever he stands
Stacks of green paper in his red right hand
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 4]
You'll see him in your nightmares, you'll see him in your dreams
He'll appear out of nowhere but he ain't what he seems
You'll see him in your head, on the TV screen
Hey buddy, I'm warning you to turn it off
He's a ghost, he's a god, he's a man, he's a guru
You're one microscopic cog in his catastrophic plan
Designed and directed by his red right hand
[Instrumental Outro]
Lay Me Low Lyrics
[Verse 1]
They're gonna lay me low (Lay me low)
They're gonna sink me in the snow (Lay me low)
They're gonna throw back their heads and crow (Lay me low)
When I go
They're gonna jump and shout (Lay me low)
They're gonna wave their arms about (Lay me low)
All the stories will come out (Lay me low)
When I go
All the stars will all glow bright (Lay me low)
And my friends will give up the fight (Lay me low)
They'll see my work in a different light (Lay me low)
Yeah, when I go
They'll try telephoning my mother (Lay me low)
But they'll end up getting my brother (Lay me low)
Who'll spill the story on some long-gone lover (Lay me low)
That I hardly know
[Chorus]
Hats off to the man
On top of the world
Come crawl up here, baby
And I'll show you how it works
If you wanna be my friend
And you wanna repent
And you want it all to end
And you wanna know when
Well do it now, don't care how
Take your final bow
Make a stand, take my hand
And blow it all to hell
[Verse 2]
They gonna inform the police chief (Lay me low)
Who'll breathe a sigh of relief (Lay me low)
He'll say I was a malanderer, a Badlander, and a thief (Lay me low)
Yeah, when I go
They will interview my teachers (Lay me low)
Who'll say I was one of God's sorrier creatures (Lay me low)
They'll print informative six-page features (Lay me low)
When I go
They'll bang a big old gong (Lay me low)
The motorcade will be ten miles long (Lay me low)
The world will join together for a farewell song (Lay me low)
When they put me down below
They'll sound a fluegelhorn (Lay me low)
And the sea will rage, and the sky will storm (Lay me low)
All man and beast will mourn (Lay me low)
When I go
[Chorus]
Hats off to the man
On top of the world
Come crawl up here, baby
And we can watch this damn thing turn
If you wanna be my friend
And you wanna repent
And you want it all to end
And you wanna know when
Well do it now, do it now
Take a long last bow
Take my hand, make a stand
And blow it all to hell
[Outro]
Lay me low, lay me low, lay me low
Lay me low, lay me low
Lay me low, lay me low, lay me low
Yeah, when I go
Yeah, when I
Lay me low, lay me low, lay me low
Lay me low, lay me low, lay me low
Yeah when I go
Lay me low, lay me low, lay me low
Lay me low, lay me low
Lay me low, lay me low
Do You Love Me? Part 2 Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I found her on a night of fire and noise
Wild bells rang in a wild sky
I knew from that moment on
I'd love her till the day that I died
And I kissed away a thousand tears
My lady of the Various Sorrows
Some begged, some borrowed, some stolen
Some kept safe for tomorrow
On an endless night, silver star spangled
The bells from the chapel went jingle-jangle
[Chorus]
(Do you love me?) Do you love me?
(Do you love me?) Do you love me?
(Do you love me?) Do you love me?
(Do you love me?) Do you love me?
Like I love you
[Verse 2]
She was given to me to put things right
And I stacked all my accomplishments beside her
Yet I seemed so obsolete and small
I found God and all His devils inside her
In my bed she cast the blizzard out
A mock sun blazed upon her head
So completely filled with light she was
Her shadow fanged and hairy and mad
Our love-lines grew hopelessly tangled
And the bells in the chapel go jingle-jangle
[Chorus]
(Do you love me?) Do you love me?
(Do you love me?) Do you love me?
(Do you love me?) Do you love me?
(Do you love me?) Do you love me?
Like I love you
[Verse 3]
She had a heart full of love and devotion
She had a mindful of tyranny and terror
Well, I try, I do, I really try
But I just err, baby, I do, I error
So come and find me, my darling one
I'm down to the grounds, the very dregs
Ah, here she comes, blocking the sun
Blood running down the inside of her legs
The moon in the sky is battered and mangled
And the bells from the chapel go jingle-jangle, jingle-jangle, jingle-jangle, jingle-jangle
[Chorus]
(Do you love me?) Do you love me?
(Do you love me?) Do you love me?
(Do you love me?) Do you love me?
(Do you love me?) Do you love me?
Like I love you
[Verse 4]
All things move toward their end
I knew before I met her that I would lose her
I swear I made every effort to be good to her
I made every effort not to abuse her
Crazy bracelets on her wrists and her ankles
And the bells from the chapel go jingle-jangle
[Chorus]
(Do you love me?) Do you love me?
(Do you love me?) Do you love me?
(Do you love me?) Do you love me?
(Do you love me?) Do you love me?
Like I love you
(Do you love me?)
(Do you love me?)
(Do you love me?)
(Do you love me?)
Like I love you
(Do you love me?)
(Do you love me?)
(Do you love me?)
(Do you love me?)