The Sorrowful Wife lyrics

Artist  : Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds 
Song : The Sorrowful Wife
 


I married my wife on the day of the
eclipse
Our friends awarded her courage with
gifts
Now as the nights grow longer and the
season shifts
I look to my sorrowful
wife
Who is quietly tending her flowers
Who
is quietly tending her.....

The water is
high on the beckoning river
I made her a
promise I could not deliver
And the cry of the
birds sends a terrible shiver
Through me and
my sorrowful wife
Who is shifting the
furniture around
Who is shifting the furniture
around

Now we sit beneath the knotted
Yew
And the bluebells bob around our
shoes
The task of remembering the telltale
clues
Goes to my lovely, my sorrowful
wife
Who is counting the days on her
fingers
Who is counting the days on
her.....

Come on and help me babe
Come
on now
Help me babe
I was blind
The
grass here grows long and high
Twists right up
to the sky
White clouds roll on by
Come on
now and help me babe
I was blind
I was a
fool babe
I was blind
Come on now
A
loose wind last night blew down
Black trees
bent to the ground
Their blossoms made such a
sound
That I could not hear myself think
babe
Come on now
And help me babe
Help
me now
I was blind
I was a fool