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Babe I Got You Bad - Lyrics by Nick Cave


Lyrics
Babe I got you bad

Dreaming blood-wet dreams
only madmen have

Baby I got you bad
I wish to God I never had

And it makes me feel so sad,
O, Baby I got you bad

Yeah, Babe I got you bad

I long for your kiss,
for the turn of your mouth

Your body is a long thing

Heading South

And I don't know what I'm talking about

All of my words have gone mad

Ah, baby I got you bad


Seasons have gone wrong

And I lay me down in a bed of snow

Darling, since you've been gone
well my hands, they don't know where to go

And all of my teeth are bared,
I got you so much I'm scared

Ah, baby I got you bad


With the sweep of my hand
I undid all the plans
that explode at the moment I kissed you
on your small hot mouth
and your caramel limbs
that are hymns to the glory that is you.

Look at me darlin' it's sad sad sad

Look at me darlin' it's sad sad sad

Baby I got you bad


Smoke bilowing from the bridges
and the rivers we swim in are boiling

My hands are reaching for you everywhere
but you're not there, or you're recoiling
and a weary moon dangles from a cloud

Oh honey, I know it's not allowed

To say I got you bad.

I got you bad...
I got you bad...
I got you bad...
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Repeat and fade]

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