Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Water's Edge Lyrics

Lyrics >
They take apart their bodies like toys for the local boys
Because they're always there at the edge of the water
They come from the capital, these city girls
Go way down where the stones meet the sea

[Hook]
And all you young girls where do you hide
Down by the water, in the restless tide

[Verse 2]
And the local boys hide on the mound and watch
Reaching for the speech and the word to be heard
And the boys grow hard, hard to be heard
Hard to be heard as they reach for the speech
And search for the word on the water's edge

[Refrain]
But you grow old and you grow cold
Yeah you grow old and you grow cold

[Verse 3]
They would come in their hordes, these city girls
With white strings flowing from their ears
As the local boys behind the mound
Think long and hard about the girls from the capital
Who dance at the water's edge, shaking their asses


[Hook]
And all you young lovers where do you hide
Down by the water, and the restless tide

[Verse 4]
With a bible of tricks they do with their legs
The girls reach for the speech and the speech to be heard
To be hard, the local boys teem down the mound
And seize the girls from the capitol
Who shriek at the edge of the water
Shriek to speak, and reach for the speech
Reach for the speech and be heard

[Refrain]
But you grow old and you grow cold
Yeah you grow old and you grow cold
You grow old

[Verse 5]
Their legs wide to the world like bibles open
To be speared and taking their bodies apart like toys
They dismantle themselves by the water's edge
And reach for the speech and the wide wide world
Ah, God knows the local boys

[Outro]
It's the will of love
It's the thrill of love
Ah, but the chill of love is coming on
It's the will of love
It's the thrill of love
Ah, but the chill of love is coming on
It's the will of love
It's the thrill of love
Ah, but the chill of love is coming down, people

Thank you

i think long and hard about nick cave...mmmmm!

I think Nick Cave must smell like cigarretes.

for me waters edge :-)

han han !!!

Always great this man.

musicpainting!!!!

The start reminds me of The Cure's Fascination Street

I don/t know why this song remind me on Animal X

His writing is better than ever. He lost some great musicians in Mick and Blixa, but his writing is just wonderful on this album. Obviously Jubilee Street and Higgs Boson Blues are standout songs, but this and Push The Sky Away are tiny miracles too.

this is a very shitty song no feelings are awaken inside me, all I hear is just a another boring song

@Wellington Justice this is because you have never known and lost love

the story of a man who let his inner demons free..

I listened the first time to this wonderful song as I drove through the frozen siberia and mongolia by train in the winter.