Brother, My Cup Is Empty lyrics

Artist  : Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds 
Song : Brother, My Cup Is Empty
 


Brother, my cup is empty
And I haven't got a
penny
For to buy no more whiskey
I have to
go home


I am the captain of my
pain
Tis the bit, the bridle,
The trashing
cane
The stirrup, the harness
The whipping
mane
The pickled eye
The shrinking
brain
O brother, buy me one more drink
I'll
explain the nature of my pain
Yes, let me tell
you once again
I am the captain of my
pain


O brother, my cup is empty
And
I haven't got a penny
For to buy no more
whiskey
I have to go home


I cannot
blame it all on her
To blame her all would be
a lie
For many a night I lay awake
And
wished that I could watch her die
To see her
accusing finger spurt
To see flies swarm her
hateful eye
To watch her groaning in the
dirt
To see her clicking tongue crack dry
O
brother, buy me one more drink
One more drink
and then goodbye
And do not mock me when I
say
Let's drink one more before I
die


O brother, my cup is empty
And
I haven't got a penny
For to buy no more
whiskey
I have to go home


Well I've
been sliding down on rainbows
Well I've been
swinging from the stars
Now this wretch in
beggars clothing
Bangs his cup across the
bars
Look, this cup of mine is empty!
Seems
I've misplaced my desires
Seems I'm sweeping
up the ashes
Of all my former fires
So
brother, be a brother
And fill this tiny cup
of mine
And please, sir, make it
whiskey
For I have no head for
wine


O brother, my cup is empty
And
I haven't got a penny
For to buy no more
whiskey
I have to go home


I counted
up my blessings
And counted only one
One
tiny little blessing
And now that blessings
gone
So buy me one more drink, my
brother
Then I'm taking to the road
Yes,
I'm taking to the rain
I'm taking to the
snow
O my friend, my only brother
Do not
let the party grieve
So throw a dollar onto
the bar
Now kiss my ass and leave


O
brother, my cup is empty
And I haven't got a
penny
For to buy no more whiskey
I have to
go home