Lay Me Low

Nick Cave and the bad seeds

They're gonna lay me low (Lay me low)
 They're gonna sink me in the snow
 They're gonna throw back their heads and crow
 When I go

They're gonna jump and shout (Lay me low)
 They're gonna wave their arms about
 All the stories will come out
 When I go

All the stars will glow bright (Lay me low)
 And my friends will give up the fight
 They'll see my work in a different light
 When I go

They'll try telephoning my mother (Lay me low)
 But they'll end up getting my brother
 Who'll spill the story on some long-gone lover
 That I hardly know

Hats off to the man
 On top of the world
 Come crawl up here, baby
 And I'll show you how it works
 If you wanna be my friend
 And you wanna repent
 And you want it all to end
 And you wanna know when
 Well do it now don't care how
 Take your final bow
 Make a stand Take my hand
 And blow it all to hell

They gonna inform the police chief (Lay me low)
 Who'll breathe a sigh of relief
 He'll say I was a malanderer, a badlander, and a thief
 When I go

They will interview my teachers (Lay me low)
 Who'll say I was one of God's sorrier creatures
 They'll print informative six-page features
 When I go

They'll bang a big old gong (Lay me low)
 The motorcade will be ten miles long
 The world will join together for a farewell song
 When they put me down below

They'll sound a fluegelhorn (Lay me low)
 And the sea will rage, and the sky will storm
 All man and beast will mourn
 When I go

Hats off to the man
 On top of the world
 Come crawl up here, baby
 And we can watch this damn thing turn
 If you wanna be my friend
 And you wanna repent
 And you want it all to end
 And you wanna know when
 Well do it now Do it now
 Take a long last bow
 Take my hand Make a stand
 And blow it all to hell

Lay me low...
 When I go...