Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Wild God (Guitar)

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Once upon a time, a wild God zoomed

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All through his memory in which he was entombed

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It was rape and pillage in the retirement village

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But in his mind he was a man of great virtue and courage

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And he flew out the window with his long, trailing hair

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And the smoke from the bodies went straight up in the air

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He was a wild God searching for what all wild Gods are searching for

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And he flew through the dying city like a prehistoric bird

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He went searching for the girl down on Jubilee Street

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But sheʼd died in a bedsit in 1993

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So he flew to the top of the world and looked around

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And said, "Where are my people? Where are my people to bring your spirit down?"

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A wild God searching for a faraway girl

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Who was basically a mirage but nevertheless loomed large

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She would hang under the rail as he blew ʼround the room

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And make love with a kind of efficient gloom

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And the people on the ground cried, "When does it start?"

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And the wild God says, "It starts with a heart, with a heart, with a heart, with a heart"

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And the people on the ground cried, "When does it end?"

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And the wild God says, "Well, it depends, but it mostly never ends

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ʼCause Iʼm a wild God flying and a wild God swimming

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And Iʼm an old, sick God dying and crying and singing"

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Bring your spirit down

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Oh, weʼre wild Gods, baby, weʼre wild Gods

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Yeah, bring your spirit down

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Oh, well, heʼs moving through the flames of anarchy

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And heʼs moving through the winds of tyranny

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And the sweet, sweet tears of liberty, yeah, moving ʼround the world

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Heʼs moving through your body like a prehistoric bird

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Heʼs moving ʼround the world

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Oh Lord, well, if youʼre feeling lonely and if youʼre feeling blue

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And if you just donʼt know what to do

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Bring your spirit down

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Oh, weʼre wild Gods, baby, weʼre wild Gods

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Iʼm a wild God, baby, Iʼm a wild God

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Oh, here we go, weʼre going to the cradle of Africa

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Weʼre going to Russia, weʼre going to China

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To the United States of America

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Yeah, moving ʼround the world, yeah, moving like a great, big, beautiful bird

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Weʼre moving ʼround the world

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Yeah, and heʼs swimming at the end of the rotting pier

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He swims to the end of his rotting idea

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Swim to the hymn, swim to the prayer

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And bring your spirit down

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Iʼm a wild God, baby, Iʼm a wild God

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Well, here we go, yeah, here we go