Hiding All Away-Nick Cave

[ti:Hiding All Away] [ar:Nick Cave] [al:Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orp] [by:] [offset:0] [00:21.06]You went looking for nur dear [00:23.05] [00:24.17]Down by the sea [00:25.80] [00:26.86]You found some Iittle silver fish [00:29.67]But you didn't find me [00:31.12] [00:31.80]I was hiding dear hiding all way [00:36.98] [00:37.73]I was hiding dear hiding all way [00:42.39] [00:43.58]You went to the museum [00:45.46] [00:46.26]You climbed a spiral stair [00:48.46] [00:49.14]You searched for me all among [00:51.76]The knowledgeable air [00:53.88] [00:54.51]I was hidden babe hiding all away [00:59.21] [01:00.21]I was hidden dear hiding all away [01:04.79] [01:05.86]You entered the cathedral [01:08.60]When you heard the solemn knell [01:10.60] [01:11.22]I was not sitting with the gargoyles [01:13.90]I was not swinging from the hell [01:16.53]I was hiding dear I was hiding all away [01:21.52] [01:22.20]I was hiding dear I was hiding all away [01:27.01] [01:37.05]You asked an electrician [01:39.68] [01:40.31]If he'd seen me round his place [01:42.99]He touched you with his fingers [01:45.43]Sent sparks zapping out your face [01:48.45]I was hidden dear hiding all away [01:52.90] [01:53.82]I was not there dear hiding all away [01:58.38] [01:59.32]You went and asked your doctor [02:01.68] [02:02.25]To get some advice [02:04.07] [02:04.80]He shot you full of Pethidine [02:07.80]And then he billed you twice [02:09.86]But I was hiding dear hiding all away [02:14.74] [02:15.72]But I was hiding dear hiding all away [02:20.37] [02:21.29]You approached a high court judge [02:23.98]You thought he'd be on the level [02:26.17] [02:26.72]He wrapped a rag around your face [02:29.54]And beat you with his gavel [02:32.03]I was hiding habe hiding all away [02:36.94] [02:37.50]I was hidden dem hiding all away [02:42.11] [02:43.67]You asked at the local constabulary [02:46.61]They said he's up to his same old tricks [02:48.78]They leered at you with their baby blues [02:51.41]And rubbed jelly on their sticks [02:53.98]I had to get out of there babe hiding all away [02:58.86]I had to get out of there dear hiding all away [03:03.85] [03:15.33]You searched through all my poets [03:17.39]From Sappho through to Auden [03:19.57]I saw the book fall from your hands [03:22.76]As you slowly died of boredom [03:25.07]I had been there dear [03:27.37] [03:28.00]But I was not there anymore [03:30.25]I had been there now I'm hiding all way [03:35.11] [03:36.42]You walked into the ball of fame [03:38.92]And approached my imitators [03:41.67]Some were stuffing their faces with caviar [03:44.16]Some were eating cold potatoes [03:46.53]I was hiding dear hiding all away [03:51.22] [03:52.15]I was hiding dear hiding all away [03:56.70] [03:57.51]You asked a famous cook if he'd seen me [04:00.95]He opened his oven wide [04:03.25]He basted you with butter babe [04:05.87]And made you crawl inside [04:07.94]I was not in there dear hiding all away [04:13.13] [04:13.88]I was not in there dear hiding all away [04:18.51] [04:20.45]You asked the butcher [04:22.50]Who lifted up his cleaver [04:24.25] [04:25.00]Stuck his fist up your dress [04:27.70]Said he must've been mad to leave you [04:29.76]But I had to get away dear hiding all away [04:34.49] [04:35.49]I had to get away dear I was hidden all away [04:39.86] [04:51.03]Some of us we hide away [04:53.28]Some of us we don't [04:54.84] [04:56.22]Some will live to love another day [04:58.21]And some of us won't [05:00.14] [05:00.78]But we all know there is a law [05:03.77]And that law it is love [05:06.27]And we all know there's a war coming [05:09.28]Coming from above [05:10.96]There is a war coming [05:14.40] [05:16.50]There is a war coming