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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Wendy Rose
Wendy Rose
Background Vocals
Conway Savage
Conway Savage
Piano
London Community Gospel Choir
London Community Gospel Choir
Choir
Lena Palmer
Lena Palmer
Background Vocals
Martyn P. Casey
Martyn P. Casey
Bass Guitar
Mick Harvey
Mick Harvey
Guitar
Donovan Lawrence
Donovan Lawrence
Background Vocals
Geo Onaymake
Geo Onaymake
Background Vocals
Warren Ellis
Warren Ellis
Mandolin
James Johnston
James Johnston
Organ
Stephanie Meade
Stephanie Meade
Background Vocals
Thomas Wydler
Thomas Wydler
Drums
Jim Sclavunos
Jim Sclavunos
Percussion
Ase Bergstrom
Ase Bergstrom
Background Vocals
Nick Cave
Nick Cave
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Nick Cave
Nick Cave
Songwriter
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Nick Launay
Nick Launay
Producer
Ian Cooper
Ian Cooper
Mastering Engineer
Conway Savage
Conway Savage
Producer
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Producer
Martyn P. Casey
Martyn P. Casey
Producer
Mick Harvey
Mick Harvey
Producer
Warren Ellis
Warren Ellis
Producer
James Johnston
James Johnston
Producer
Damon Iddins
Damon Iddins
Mixing Engineer
Lars Fox
Lars Fox
Editing Engineer
Thomas Wydler
Thomas Wydler
Producer
Jim Sclavunos
Jim Sclavunos
Producer
Nick Cave
Nick Cave
Producer

Lyrics

Stay by me, stay by me You are the one, my only true love The butcher bird makes it's noise And it asks you to agree With it's brutal nesting habits And it's pointless savagery Now, the nightingale, it sings to you And it raises up the ante I put one hand on your round ripe heart And the other down your panties Everything is falling, dear Everything is wrong It's just history repeating itself And babe, babe, you turn me on Like a light bulb, babe, like a song Well, you race naked through the wilderness And you torment the birds and the bees And you leapt into the abyss but find It only goes up to your knees I move stealthily from tree to tree And I shadow you for hours I make like I'm a little deer Grazing on the flowers Everything is collapsing, dear All moral sense has gone And it's just history repeating itself And babe, babe, you turn me on Like an idea, babe, like an Atom bomb We stand awed inside a clearing We do not make a sound The crimson snow falls all about Carpeting the ground 'Cause everything is falling, dear All rhyme and reason gone It's just history repeating itself And babe, babe, you turn me on Like an idea, babe, like an Atom bomb
Writer(s): Nicholas Edward Cave Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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