--------------------------------------------------------------------------------(l,m) Nick Cave(p) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds < Nick Cave: vocals; Mick Harvey: rhythm guitar; Blixa Bargeld: guitar; Conway Savage: piano; Martyn Casey: bass; Thomas Wydler: drums; The Bad Seeds: backing vocals; Mick Harvey & David Blumberg: string arrangements; Dennis Karmazyn: cello; Bruce Dukov, Barbara Porter: violins > ( Henry's Dream [Mute, 1992] )--------------------------------------------------------------------------------I went out walking the other dayThe wind hung wet around my neckMy head it rung with screams and groansFrom the night I spent amongst her bonesI past beside the mission houseWhere that mad old buzzard, the reverend,Shrieked and flapped about life after your deadWell, I thought about my friend, MichelHow they rolled him in linoleumAnd shot him in the neckA bloody halo, like a think-bubbleCircling his headAnd I bellowed at the firmamentLooks like the rains are hear to stayAnd the rain pissed down upon meAnd washed me all awaySayingPapa won't leave you, HenryPapa won't leave you, BoyPapa won't leave you, HenryPapa won't leave you, BoyWell, the road is longAnd the road is hardAnd many fall by the sideBut Papa won't leave you, HenrySo there ain't no need to cryAnd I went on down the roadHe went on down the roadAnd I went on down the roadHe went on down the roadWell, the moon it looked exhaustedLike something you should pitySpent an age-spottedAbove the sizzling wires of the cityWell, it reminded me of her faceHer bleached and hungry eyesHer hair was like a curtainFalling open with the laughterAnd closing with the liesBut the ghost of her still lingers onThough she's passed through meAnd is goneThe slum dogs, they are barkingAnd the rain children on the streetsAnd the tears that we will weep todayWill all be washed awayBy the tears that we will weep again tomorrowPapa won't leave you, HenryPapa won't leave you, BoyPapa won't leave you, HenryPapa won't leave you, BoyFor the road is longAnd the road is hardAnd many fall by the sideBut Papa won't leave you, HenrySo there ain't no need to cryAnd I went on down the roadHe went on down the roadAnd I went on down the roadHe went on down the roadAnd I came upon a little houseA little house upon a hillAnd I entered through, the curtain hissedInto the house with its blood-red bowelsWhere wet-lipped women with greasy fistsCrawled the ceilings and the wallsThey filled me full of drinkAnd led me round the roomsNaked and cold and grinningUntil everything went blackAnd I came down spinningI awoke so drunk and full of rageThat I could hardly speakA fag in a whale-bone corsetDraping his dick across my cheekAnd its into the shameAnd its into a guiltAnd its into the fucking frayAnd the walls ran red around meA warm arterial spraySayingPapa won't leave you, HenryPapa won't leave you, BoyPapa won't leave you, HenryPapa won't leave you, BoyWell, the night is darkAnd the night is deepAnd its jaws are open wideBut Papa won't leave you, HenrySo there ain't no need to cryAnd I went on down the roadHe went on down the roadAnd I went on down the roadHe went on down the roadIt's the rainy season where I'm livingDeath comes leaping out of every doorwayWasting you for money, for your clothesAnd for your nothingEntire towns being washed awayFavelas exploding on inflammable spillwaysLynch-mobs, death squads, babies being born without brainsThe mad heat and the relentless rainsAnd if you stick your arm into that holeIt comes out sheared off to the boneAnd with her kisses bubbling on my lipsI swiped the rain and nearly missedAnd I went on down the roadHe went on down the roadSingingPapa won't leave you, HenryPapa won't leave you, BoyPapa won't leave you, HenryPapa won't leave you, BoyWell, the road is longAnd the road is hardAnd many fall by the sideBut Papa won't leave you, HenrySo there ain't no need to cryAnd I went on down the roadHe went on down the roadAnd I went on down the roadHe went on down the roadBent Beneath my heavy loadUnder his heavy loadYeah, I went on down the roadYeah, he went on down the roadWoah, woahWoah, woahWoah, woahWoah, woahAnd I went on down that road--------------------------------------------------------------------------------