Oh My Lord-Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

[ti:Oh My Lord (2011 - Remaster)] [ar:Nick Cave & the bad seeds] [al:No More Shall We Part (2011 - Remaster)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.64]I thought I'd take a walk today [00:03.70] [00:04.82]It's a mistake I sometimes make [00:07.82] [00:09.27]My kids lay asleep in bed [00:11.97] [00:12.72]My wife lay wide-awake [00:16.32] [00:17.83]I kissed her softly on the brow [00:20.41] [00:21.34]I tried not to make a sound [00:24.14] [00:24.95]But with stony eyes she looked at me [00:28.03] [00:28.91]And gently squeezed my hand [00:32.24] [00:33.79]Call it a premonition call it a crazy vision [00:39.62] [00:41.14]Call it intuition something learned from mother [00:46.99] [00:48.51]But when she looked up at me I could clearly see [00:54.28] [00:55.15]The Sword of Damocles hanging directly above her [01:02.14] [01:05.57]Oh Lord Oh my Lord [01:10.37] [01:12.94]Oh Lord [01:14.49] [01:16.62]How have I offended thee [01:23.29] [01:24.08]Wrap your tender arms around me [01:30.56] [01:31.28]Oh Lord Oh Lord [01:36.50] [01:37.20]Oh My Lord [01:44.36] [01:47.27]They called at me through the fence [01:49.31] [01:49.90]They were not making any sense [01:52.32] [01:53.09]They claimed that I had lost the plot [01:56.53]Kept saying that I was not [02:00.18]The man I used to be [02:03.54]They held their babes aloft [02:06.81]Threw marsh mellows at the Security [02:10.58]And said that I'd grown soft [02:13.45] [02:14.95]Call it intuition call it a creeping suspicion [02:20.89]But their words of derision meant they hardly knew me [02:27.51] [02:28.57]For even I could see in the way they stared at me [02:34.63]The Spear of Destiny sticking right through me [02:41.70] [02:44.25]Oh Lord Oh my lord [02:48.96] [02:50.96]Oh Lord [02:52.96] [02:54.48]How have I offended thee [03:00.80] [03:01.32]Wrap your tender arms round me [03:06.65] [03:07.78]Oh Lord Oh lord [03:12.46] [03:13.33]Oh My Lord [03:20.28] [03:48.72]Now I'm at the hairdressers [03:51.40]People watch me as they move past [03:53.85] [03:54.58]A guy wearing plastic antlers [03:57.70]Presses his bum against the glass [04:00.83]Now I'm down on my hands and knees [04:04.10]And it's so f**king hot [04:06.38] [04:06.99]Someone cries "What are you looking for " [04:10.28]I scream "The plot the plot " [04:13.08] [04:13.64]I grab my telephone I call my wife at home [04:20.03]She screams "Leave us alone " I say "Hey it's only me" [04:25.60] [04:26.19]The hairdresser with his scissors he holds up the mirror [04:32.43]I look back and shiver; I can't even believe what I can see [04:39.21] [05:04.67]Be mindful of the prayers you send [05:07.17]Pray hard but pray with care [05:09.61] [05:10.24]For the tears that you are crying now [05:13.57]Are just your answered prayers [05:16.78]The ladders of life that we scale merrily [05:19.84]Move mysteriously around [05:22.36] [05:22.96]So that when you think you're climbing up man [05:26.10]In fact you're climbing down [05:29.43]Into the hollows of glamour where with spikes and hammer [05:35.49]With telescopic camera they chose to turn the screw [05:41.69]Oh I hate them Ma Oh I hate them Pa [05:47.87]Oh I hate them all for what they went and done to you [05:54.18] [05:56.72]Oh Lord Oh my Lord [06:01.55] [06:02.84]Oh Lord [06:04.55] [06:06.13]How have I offended thee [06:12.30]Wrap your tender arms round me [06:18.41]Oh Lord Oh Lord [06:23.59]Oh My Lord