Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Babe, You Turn Me On Lyrics






Stay by me, stay by me
You are the one, my only true love

The butcher bird makes it's noise
And asks you to agree
With it's brutal nesting habits
And it's pointless savagery
Now, the nightingale sings to you
And 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, you turn me on

Like a light bulb
Like a song

You race naked through the wilderness
You torment the birds and the bees
You leapt into the abyss, but find
It only goes up to your knees
I move stealthily from tree to tree
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
It's just history repeating itself
And babe, you turn me on

Like an idea
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

Everything is falling, dear
All rhyme and reason gone
It's just history repeating itself
And, babe, you turn me on

Like an idea
Like an Atom bomb





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  1. T.... H....

    when my wife left me in 2004 I lay on the couch and listened to this song on repeat for an entire night, I survived and we are both doing well with other partners, somehow nick cave turned that into a fond memory.

  2. G.... W....

    Stay by me, stay by me
    You are the one, my only true love
    The butcherbird makes its noise
    And asks you to agree
    With its brutal nesting habits
    And its pointless savagery
    Now, the nightingale sings to you
    And raises up the ante
    I put one hand on your round ripe heart
    And the other down your panties

    [Chorus]
    Everything is falling, dear
    Everything is wrong
    It's just history repeating itself
    And babe, you turn me on

    Like a light bulb, babe
    Like a song

    [Verse 2]
    You race naked through the wilderness
    You torment the birds and the bees
    You leapt into the abyss, but find
    It only goes up to your knees
    I move stealthily from tree to tree
    I shadow you for hours
    I make like I'm a little deer
    Grazing on the flowers

    [Chorus]
    Everything is collapsing, dear
    All moral sense has gone
    It's just history repeating itself
    And babe, you turn me on

    Like an idea, babe
    Like an atom bomb

    [Verse 3]
    We stand awed inside a clearing
    We do not make a sound
    The crimson snow falls all about
    Carpeting the ground

    [Chorus]
    Everything is falling, dear
    All rhyme and reason gone
    It's just history repeating itself
    And, babe, you turn me on

  3. M.... Y....

    Beautiful song