The Lyre of Orpheus
Nick Cave
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Orpheus sat gloomy in his garden shed Wondering what to do With a lump of wood, and a piece of wire And a little pot of glue Oh mama, oh mama He sawed at the wood with half a heart And glued it top to bottom He strung a wire in between He was feeling something rotten Oh mama, oh mama Orpheus looked at his instrument And he gave the wire a pluck He heard a sound so beautiful He gasped and said "Oh my God" Oh mama, oh mama He rushed inside to tell his wife He went racing down the halls Eurydice was still asleep in bed Like a sack of cannonballs Oh mama, oh mama Look what I've made, cried Orpheus And he plucked a gentle note Eurydice's eyes popped from their sockets And her tongue burst through her throat Oh mama, oh mama "Oh God, what have I done," he said As her blood pooled in the sheets But in his heart he felt a bliss Which nothing could compete Oh mama, oh mama Orpheus went leaping through the fields Strumming as hard as he did please Birdies detonated in the sky Bunnies dashed their brains out on the trees Oh mama, oh mama (oh mama, oh mama) Orpheus strummed 'til his fingers bled He hit a G minor 7 He woke up God from a deep, deep sleep God was a major player in heaven Oh mama, oh mama God picked up a giant hammer And He threw it with a thunderous yell It smashed down hard on Orpheus' head And it knocked him down a well Oh mama, oh mama (oh mama, oh mama) Well, the well went down very deep Very deep went down the well Well, the well went down so very deep Well, the well went down to hell Oh mama, oh mama Poor Orpheus woke up with a start All amongst the rotting dead His lyre tucked safe under his arm His brains all down his head Oh mama, oh mama Eurydice appeared brindled in blood She said to Orpheus "If you play that fucking thing down here I'll stick it up your orifice!" Oh mama, oh mama "This lyre lark is for the birds," said Orpheus "It's enough to send you bats Let's stay down here, Eurydice, dear We'll have a bunch of screaming brats" Oh mama, oh mama Orpheus picked up his lyre for the last time He was on a real low down bummer He stared deep into the abyss and said This one is for Mama Oh mama, oh mama Oh mama, oh mama Oh mama, oh mama (oh mama, oh mama) Oh mama, oh mama (oh mama, oh mama) Oh mama, oh mama (oh mama, oh mama) Oh mama, oh mama (oh mama, oh mama) Oh mama, oh mama (oh mama, oh mama) Oh mama, oh mama (oh mama, oh mama)
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Written by: Jim Sclavunos, Martyn Casey, Nicholas Cave, Warren Ellis
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