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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Babe, I'm On Fire
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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Vocals
Conway Savage
Conway Savage
Background Vocals
Martyn P. Casey
Martyn P. Casey
Bass
Mick Harvey
Mick Harvey
Guitar
Warren Ellis
Warren Ellis
Violin
Blixa Bargeld
Blixa Bargeld
Vocals
Thomas Wydler
Thomas Wydler
Drums
Jim Sclavunos
Jim Sclavunos
Percussion
James Sclavunos
James Sclavunos
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Nick Cave
Nick Cave
Composer
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Nick Launay
Nick Launay
Producer
Ian Cooper
Ian Cooper
Mastering Engineer
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Producer
Martyn P. Casey
Martyn P. Casey
Producer
Mick Harvey
Mick Harvey
Producer
David Davis
David Davis
Recording Engineer
Warren Ellis
Warren Ellis
Producer
Blixa Bargeld
Blixa Bargeld
Producer
Lars Fox
Lars Fox
Editing Engineer
Thomas Wydler
Thomas Wydler
Producer
Jim Sclavunos
Jim Sclavunos
Producer

Lyrics

Father says it, mother says it Sister says it, brother says it Uncle says it, auntie says it Everyone at the party says "I'm on fire" "Yeah babe, I'm on fire" The horse says it, the pig says it The judge in his wig says it The fox and the rabbit And the nun in her habit "I'm on fire" "Yeah babe, I'm on fire" Well, my mate Bill Gates says it The President of the United States says it The slacker and the worker And the girl in her burqa "I'm on fire" "Yeah babe, I'm on fire" The general with his tank says it The man at the bank says it The soldier with his rocket And the mouse in my pocket "I'm on fire" "Yeah babe, I'm on fire" Well, the drug-addled wreck With a needle in his neck says it The drunk says it, n' punk says it The brave Buddhist monk "I'm on fire" "Well babe, I'm on fire" Alright now Hit me up, baby, and knock me down Drop what you're doing and come around We can hold hands 'till the sun goes down 'Cause I know That you And I Can be Together 'Cause I love you Alright Well, the blind referee says it The unlucky amputee says it The giant killer bee That's landing on my knee "I'm on fire" "Yeah babe, I'm on fire" Yeah well, the cop with his breathalyser The paddy with his fertiliser The man in the basement That's getting a taste for it "I'm on fire" "Yeah babe, I'm on fire" Well, the fucked-up Rastafarian says it The dribbling libertarian says it The sweet little Goth With the ears of cloth "I'm on fire" "Yeah babe, I'm on fire" The cross-over country singer says it The hump-backed bell ringer says it The swinger, the flinger And the outraged right-winger "I'm on fire" "Yeah babe, I'm on fire" Well, the man going hiking says it The misunderstood Viking says it The man at the rodeo And the lonely old Eskimo "I'm on fire" "Yeah babe, I'm on fire" Alright now Hit me up, baby, and knock me down Drop what you're doing and come around We can hold hands 'till the sun goes down 'Cause I know That you And I Can be Together 'Cause I love you The mild little Christian says it The wild Sonny Liston says it The pimp and the gimp And the guy with the limp "I'm on fire" "Oh yeah babe, I'm on fire" The blind piano tuner says it The Las Vegas crooner says it The hooligan mooner That's holding a schooner "I'm on fire" "Yeah babe, I'm on fire" Oh yeah The Chinese contortionist says it The backyard abortionist says it The poor Pakistani With his lamb Bhirriani "I'm on fire" "Oh yeah babe, I'm on fire" The hopeless defendant says it The toilet attendant says it The pornographer, the stenographer And the fashion photographer "I'm on fire" "Yeah babe, I'm on fire" Let me tell you that The college professor says it The vicious cross-dresser says it Grandma and Grandpa In the back of the car "I'm on fire" "Yeah babe, I'm on fire" Alright now Hit me up, baby, and knock me down Drop what you're doing and come around We can hold hands 'till the sun goes down 'Cause I know That you And I Can be Together 'Cause I love you Oh yeah, too C'mon C'mon Well, the hack at the doorstep says it The midwife with her forceps says it The demented young lady Who is roasting her baby On the fire "Yeah babe, I'm on fire" Well, the athlete with his hernia says it Picasso with his Guernica says it My wife with her furniture Everybody "Babe, I'm on fire" "Yeah babe, I'm on fire" Well, the laughing hyena says it The homesick polish cleaner says it The man from the Klan With a torch in his hand says "I'm on fire" "Yeah babe, I'm on fire" Well, the Chinese herbologist says it The Christian apologist says it The dog and the frog Sitting on a log "I'm on fire" "Yeah babe, I'm on fire" Well, the foxhunting toff says it The horrible moth says it The doomed homosexual With the persistent cough "I'm on fire" "Yeah babe, I'm on fire" Alright now Hit me up, baby, and knock me down Drop what you're doing and come around We can hold thumbs 'till the sun goes down 'Cause I know That you And I Can be Together forever 'Cause I love you C'mon Oh yeah The Papist with his soul says it The rapist on a roll says it Jack says it, Jill says it As they roll down the hill "I'm on fire" "Babe, I'm on fire" Well, the clever circus flea says it The sailor on the sea The man from the Daily Mail With his dead refugee "I'm on fire" "Yeah babe, I'm on fire" Well, the hymen-busting Zulu says it The proud kangaroo says it The koala, the echidna And the platypus too "I'm on fire" "Yeah now babe, I'm on fire" The disgraced country vicar says it The crazed guitar picker says it The beatnik, the peacenik And the apparachick too says it "I'm on fire" "Yeah babe, I'm on fire" Well, the deranged midnight stalker says it Garcia Lorca says it The hit man, Walt Whitman And the haliototic talker "I'm on fire" "Yeah babe, I'm on fire" Alright now Hit me up, baby, and knock me down Drop what you're doing and come around We can hold hands 'till the sun goes down 'Cause I know That you And I Can be Together 'Cause I love you Well, the wine taster with his nose says it The fireman with his hose says it The pedestrian, the equestrian The tap-dancer with his toes "I'm on fire" "Yeah babe, I'm on fire" Yeah well The beast in the beauty pageant The pimply real estate agent The beach-comber, the roamer The girl in a coma "I'm on fire" "Yeah babe, I'm on fire" Well, the old rock'n'roller With his two-seater stroller And the fan in the van With the abominable plan "I'm on fire" "Yeah babe, I'm on fire" Well, the menstruating Jewess says it The nervous stewardess says it The hijacker, the backpacker The cunning safecracker "I'm on fire" "Yeah babe, I'm on fire" Well, the sports commentator says it The old alligator says it The tennis pro with his racquet The loon in the straight jacket "I'm on fire" Yeah, he says, "babe, I'm on fire" Alright now Hit me up, baby, and knock me down Drop what you're doing and come around We can hold hands 'till the sun goes down 'Cause I know That you And I Can be Together 'Cause I love you Well, the butcher with his cleaver says it The mad basket weaver says it The jaded boxing writer And the glass-jawed fighter "I'm on fire" "Yeah babe, I'm on fire" Well, the old town cryer says it The inveterate liar says it The pilchard, the bream And the trout in the stream "I'm on fire" "Yeah babe, I'm on fire" Well, the war correspondent says it The enthused and the despondent says it The electrician, the mortician And the man going fishin' "I'm on fire" "Oh yeah babe, I'm on fire" The cattleman from Down Under says it The patriot with his plunder says it Watching a boat of full of refugees Sinking into the fucking sea "I'm on fire" "Yeah babe, I'm on fire" Well, the silicone junky says it The corporate flunky says it The Italian designer With his rickshaw in China "I'm on fire" "Yeah babe, I'm on fire" Alright now Hit me up, baby, and knock me down Drop what you're doing and come around We can hold hands 'till the sun goes down 'Cause I know That you And I Can be Together 'Cause I love you The trucker with his juggernaut says it The lost astronaut says it The share cropper, the bent copper The compulsive shopper "I'm on fire" "Oh yeah babe, I'm on fire" Well, the Viennese vampire says it The cowboy round his campfire says it The game show panellist The Jungian analyst "I'm on fire" "C'mon now, babe, I'm on fire" Well, Warren says it, Blixa says it The lighting guy and the mixer says it Mick says it, Marty says it Everyone at the party "I'm on fire" "Yeah babe, I'm on fire" Alright now Hit me up, baby, and knock me down Drop what you're doing and come around We can hold hands 'till the sun goes down 'Cause I know That you And I Can be Together forever 'Cause I love you
Writer(s): Nicholas Edward Cave Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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