Hallelujah

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

On the first day of May I took to the road 
I'd been staring out the window most of the morning 
I'd watched the rain claw at the glass 
And a vicious wind blew hard and fast 
I should have taken it as a warning 
As a warning As a warning 
As a warning 

I'd given my nurse the weekend off 
My meals were ill prepared 
My typewriter had turned mute as a tomb 
And my piano crouched in the corner of my room 
With all its teeth bared 
All its teeth bared All its teeth bared 
All its teeth bared. 

Hallelujah Hallelujah 
Hallelujah Hallelujah 

I left my house without my coat 
Something my nurse would not have allowed 
And I took the small roads out of town 
And I passed a cow and the cow was brown 
And my pajamas clung to me like a shroud 
Like a shroud Like a shroud 
Like a shroud 

There rose before me a little house 
With all hope and dreams kept within 
A woman's voice close to my ear 
Said, "Why don't you come in here?" 
"You looked soaked to the skin" 
Soaked to the skin Soaked to the skin 
Soaked to the skin 

Hallelujah Hallelujah 
Hallelujah Hallelujah 

I turned to the woman and the woman was young 
I extended a hearty salutation 
But I knew if my nurse had been here 
She would never in a thousand years 
Permit me to accept that invitation 
Invitation That invitation 
That invitation 

Now, you might think it wise to risk it all 
Throw caution to the reckless wind 
But with her hot cocoa and her medication 
My nurse had been my one salvation 
So I turned back home 
I turned back home I turned back home 
Singing my song 

Hallelujah 
The tears are welling in my eyes again 
Hallelujah 
I need twenty big buckets to catch them in 
Hallelujah 
And twenty pretty girls to carry 
Them down 
Hallelujah 
And twenty deep holes to bury them in 
Hallelujah 
The tears are welling in my eyes again 
Hallelujah 
I need twenty big buckets to catch them in 
Hallelujah 
And twenty pretty girls to carry them down 
Hallelujah 
And twenty deep holes to bury them in