Say Goodbye To The Little Girl Tree-Nick Cave

[00:15.08]O say goodbye to the little girl tree [00:23.39]O you know that I must say goodbye [00:30.87]To the little girl tree [00:35.83]This wall I built around you [00:39.59]Is made out of stone-lies [00:43.72]O little girl the truth would be [00:47.21]An axe in thee [00:52.11]O father look to your daughter [00:55.04]Brick of grief and stricken morter [00:59.18]With this ring [01:01.39]This silver hoop of wire [01:07.05]I bind your maiden mainstem [01:10.92]Just to keep you as a child [01:16.44]O say goodbye to the little girl tree [01:24.30]O you know that I must say goodbye [01:31.44]To my little girl tree [01:36.40]How fast your candy bones [01:39.44]Reached out for me [01:42.03]I must say goodbye to your brittle bones [01:46.40]Crying out for me [01:52.17]O you know that I must say goodbye [01:59.21]O goodbye [02:03.67]Even though you will betray me [02:07.38]The very minute that I leave [02:12.84]O say goodbye to the little girl tree [02:20.20]O lord you know that I must say goodbye [02:27.94]To that little girl tree [02:32.54]I rise up her girl-child lumps and slipping knots [02:38.95]Into her laden boughs [02:42.71]And amongst her roping limbs [02:46.71]Like a swollen neck vein branching [02:50.52]Into smaller lesser veins [02:54.32]That must all just sing and say goodbye [03:02.02]And let her blossom veils fly [03:09.12]Her velvet gown [03:11.17]Down down down [03:12.95]Down down down [03:14.89]Down down down... and goodbye [03:30.90]For you know that I must say goodbye [03:38.66]To a rhythm softly tortured [03:43.59]Of a motion back and forth [03:45.72]Thats a rhythm sweetly tortured [03:49.83]O thats the rhythm of the orchard [03:54.00]And you know that I must say goodbye [04:01.44]To that little girl tree [04:05.18]O goodbye [04:09.40]Yes goodbye [04:13.41]For you know that I must die [04:21.22]Down down down [04:22.74]Down down down [04:24.90]Down down down... and goodbye [04:39.08]For you know that I must die [04:44.72]Yes you know that I must die [04:49.90]O-o you know that I must die