--------------------------------------------------------------------------------  (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 got a woman  SHe rules my house with an iron fist  I got a woman  She rules my house with an iron fist  She screams out Jack the Ripper  Every time I try to give that girl a kiss  I got a woman  She strikes me down with a fist of lead  I got a woman  She strikes me down with a fist of lead  We bed in a bucket of butcher's knives  A awake with a hatchet hanging over my head  Well you know the story of the viper  It's long and lean with poison tooth  Yeah, you know the story of the viper  It's long and lean with poison tooth  Well they're hissing under the floorboards  Hanging down in bunches from my roof  I got a woman  She just hollers what she wants from where she is  I got a woman  She just hollers what she wants from where she is  She screams out Jack the Ripper  Every time I try to give that girl a kiss  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Transcribed by Pat H. Etic...