The Lyre Of Orpheus-Nick Cave

[ti:The Lyre Of Orpheus] [ar:Nick Cave] [al:Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orp] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Lyre Of Orpheus - Nick Cave [00:02.41]Orpheus sat gloomy in his garden shed [00:05.84]Wondering what to do [00:07.59]With a lump of wood a piece of wire [00:12.83]And a little pot of glue [00:15.51]O Mamma O Mamma [00:20.57] [00:23.75]He sawed at the wood with half a heart [00:26.69]And glued it top to bottom [00:28.87] [00:29.49]He strung a wire in between [00:32.75]He was feeling something rotten [00:35.56]O Mamma O Mamma [00:40.68] [00:43.80]Orpheus looked at his instrument [00:46.48]And he gave the wire a pluck [00:48.99] [00:49.62]He heard a sound so beautiful [00:52.82]He gasped and said O my God [00:56.33]O Mamma O Mamma [01:01.19] [01:04.12]He rushed inside to tell his wife [01:06.43]He went racing down the halls [01:10.18]Eurydice was still asleep in bed [01:13.30]Like a sack of cannonballs [01:15.48] [01:16.23]O Mamma O Mamma [01:21.29] [01:23.78]Look what I've made cried Orpheus [01:27.02]And he plucked a gentle note [01:29.27] [01:30.15]Eurydice's eyes popped from their sockets [01:33.59]And her tongue burst through her throat [01:36.29]O Mamma O Mamma [01:41.35] [01:43.47]O God what have I done he said [01:46.90]As her blood pooled in the sheets [01:49.71] [01:50.33]But in his heart he felt a bliss [01:53.83]With which nothing could compete [01:56.45]O Mamma O Mamma [02:01.69] [02:04.75]Orpheus went leaping through the fields [02:07.37]Strumming as hard as he did please [02:10.42]Birdies detonated in the sky [02:13.67]Bunnies dashed their brains out on the trees [02:17.24]O Mamma O Mamma [02:21.70] [02:24.84]Orpheus strummed till his fingers bled [02:27.40]He hit a G minor 7 [02:30.77]He woke up God from a deep deep sleep [02:34.08]God was a major player in heaven [02:37.07]O Mamma O Mamma [02:42.31] [02:48.87]God picked up a giant hammer [02:51.30]And He threw it with an thunderous yell [02:53.48] [02:54.17]It smashed down hard on Orpheus' head [02:57.79]And knocked him down a well [03:00.47]O Mamma O Mamma [03:05.28] [03:07.65]The well went down very deep [03:11.26]Very deep went down the well [03:13.13] [03:14.01]The well went down so very deep [03:17.32]Well the well went down to hell [03:20.13]O Mamma O Mamma [03:25.18] [03:28.24]Poor Orpheus woke up with a start [03:30.55]All amongst the rotting dead [03:33.73]His lyre tacked safe under his arm [03:37.03]His brains all down his head [03:39.84]O Mamma O Mamma [03:44.71] [03:47.28]Eurydice appeared brindled in blood [03:50.23]And she said to Orpheus [03:52.36] [03:53.41]If you play that f**king thing down here [03:56.28]I'll stick it up your orifice [03:59.03] [03:59.65]O Mamma O Mamma [04:04.71] [04:06.70]This lyre lark is for the birds said Orpheus [04:10.20]It's enough to send you bats [04:13.38]Let's stay down here Eurydice dear [04:16.39]And we'll have a bunch of screaming brats [04:19.53]O Mamma O Mamma [04:24.34] [04:26.58]Orpheus picked up his lyre for the last time [04:29.95]He was on a real low down bummer [04:33.13]And stared deep into the abyss and said [04:36.31]This one is for Mamma [04:39.37]O Mamma O Mamma [04:44.55] [04:46.39]O Mamma O Mamma [04:51.64] [04:53.19]O Mamma O Mamma [04:58.44] [05:00.12]O Mamma O Mamma [05:05.31] [05:06.87]O Mamma O Mamma [05:12.11] [05:13.74]O Mamma O Mamma [05:18.92] [05:20.42]O Mamma O Mamma