The Witness Song

Nick Cave and the bad seeds

Yeah, yeah
 Well, well
 I took a walk down to the port
 Where strangers meet and do consort
 All blinkered with desire
 And a winter fog moved thickly on
 A winter fog moved thickly on
 A winter fog moved thickly on

Now, who will be the witness
 When the fog's too thick to see

And I saw a friend beside a wall
 Her hands were raised in supplication
 And her face I could not see at all
 And I raised my hands in rage
 And brought them down again
 And we entered through the eastern door
 And I entered through the eastern door
 And she entered through the eastern door

Now, who will be the witness
 When you're all to blind to see
 O yes, yes, yes

And time gets somewhat muddled here
 But no matter, no matter
 Here come the events all tumbling down
 Now, beyond the wall was a great garden
 Into which we passed
 Me and my friend
 And the place was all overgrown with weeds
 And behold from its centre there rose a great fountain
 The fountain with the healing waters
 And we knelt down by the rim
 And I dipped my hand in
 And she dipped her hand in too
 And I said "Are you healed?"
 And she said "Well are you healed?"
 And I said "Yes, I'm healed"
 And she said "Well, yes I'm healed then too"
 And I said "Babe, you are a liar"
 "Babe, you are a liar"
 "Babe, you are a liar, too"
 Now, who will be the witness
 When you're all to healed to see

And I kissed her once, I kissed her twice
 And made my way to leave her
 And she raised her hand up to her face
 And brought it down again
 I said "That gesture, it will haunt me"
 "That gesture it will haunt me"
 And I left there by the eastern door
 She left there by the western door

Now, who will be the witness there
 When you're blind and you can't see
 Who will be the witness there
 When you're all so clean and you cannot see
 Who will be the witness there
 When your friends are everywhere
 Who will be the witness there
 And your enemies have ceased to care