The Lyre Of Orpheus lyrics
Song information
Artist: Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Album: Abattoir Blues / The Lyre Of Orpheus
Lyrics
Orpheus sat gloomy in his garden shed Wondering what to do With a lump of wood, a piece of wire And a little pot of glue O mamma o mamma
He sawed at the wood with half a heart And glued it top to bottom He strung a wire in between He was feeling something rotten O mamma o mamma
Orpheus looked at his instrument And he gave the wire a pluck He heard a sound so beautiful He gasped and said o my god O mamma o mamma
He rushed inside to tell his wife He went racing down the halls Eurydice was still asleep in bed Like a sack of cannonballs O mamma o mamma
Look what I've made, cried orpheus And he plucked a gentle note Eurydice's eyes popped from their sockets And her tongue burst through her throat O mamma o mamma
O god, what have I done, he said As her blood pooled in the sheets But in his heart he felt a bliss With which nothing could compete O mamma o mamma
Orpheus went leaping through the fields Strumming as hard as he did please Birdies detonated in the sky Bunnies dashed their brains out on the trees O mamma o mamma
Orpheus strummed till his fingers bled He hit a g minor 7 He woke up god from a deep, deep sleep God was a major player in heaven O mamma o mamma
God picked up a giant hammer And he threw it with an thunderous yell It smashed down hard on orpheus' head And knocked him down a well O mamma o mamma
The well went down very deep Very deep went down the well The well went down so very deep Well, the well went down to hell O mamma o mamma
Poor orpheus woke up with a start All amongst the rotting dead His lyre tacked safe under his arm His brains all down his head O mamma o mamma
Eurydice appeared brindled in blood And she said to orpheus If you play that fucking thing down here I'll stick it up your orifice! O mamma o mamma
This lyre lark is for the birds, said orpheus It's enough to send you bats Let's stay down here, eurydice, dear And we'll have a bunch of screaming brats O mamma o mamma
Orpheus picked up his lyre for the last time He was on a real low down bummer And stared deep into the abyss and said This one is for mamma
O mamma o mamma O mamma o mamma
[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]
"Abattoir Blues / The Lyre Of Orpheus" album track list
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