Say Goodbye to the Little Girl Tree
Nick Cave
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Oh, say goodbye to the little girl tree Oh, you know that I must say goodbye To the little girl tree This wall I built around you Is made out of stone lies Oh, little girl the truth would be An axe in thee Father look to your daughter A brick of grief and stricken mortar With this ring This silver hoop of wire I bind your maiden mainstem Just to keep you as a child Oh, say goodbye to the little girl tree Yes, you know that I must say goodbye To my little girl tree How fast your candy bones Reached out for me I must say goodbye to your brittle bones Crying out for me Oh, you know that I must say goodbye Oh, goodbye Even though you will betray me The very minute that I leave Oh, say goodbye to the little girl tree Oh Lord, you know that I must say goodbye To that little girl tree I rise up her girl-child lumps and slipping knots Into your laden boughs And amongst her roping limbs Like a swollen neck vein branching Into lesser, smaller veins That must all just sing and say goodbye And let her blossom veils fly Her velvet gown Down, down, down Down, down, down Down, down, down Down, down, down Down, down, down Down, down, down Down, down, down Down, down, down Down and goodbye For you know that I must say goodbye To a rhythm softly tortured Of a motion back and forth That's a rhythm sweetly tortured Oh, that's the rhythm of the orchard And you know that I must say goodbye To the little girl tree Oh, goodbye Yeah, goodbye For you know that I must die Down, down, down Down, down, down Down, down, down Down, down, down Down, down, down Down, down, down and goodbye For you know that I must die Yes, you know that I must die Oh, you know that I must die Lord, you know that I must die
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Written by: Mick Harvey, Nick Cave
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