The Lyre of Orpheus (Explicit)-Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

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[00:01.86]Orpheus sat gloomy in his garden shed
[00:05.78]Wondering what to do
[00:07.78]
[00:09.10]With a lump of wood a piece of wire
[00:12.92]And a little pot of glue
[00:14.76]
[00:15.55]O Mamma O Mamma
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[00:23.76]He sawed at the wood with half a heart
[00:26.42]And glued it top to bottom
[00:28.70]
[00:29.72]He strung a wire in between
[00:32.98]He was feeling something rotten
[00:36.16]O Mamma O Mamma
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[00:43.74]Orpheus looked at his instrument
[00:45.85]And he gave the wire a pluck
[00:48.92]
[00:49.94]He heard a sound so beautiful
[00:53.36]He gasped and said O my God
[00:56.66]O Mamma O Mamma
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[01:04.05]He rushed inside to tell his wife
[01:06.82]He went racing down the halls
[01:08.91]
[01:10.11]Eurydice was still asleep in bed
[01:13.43]Like a sack of cannonballs
[01:16.46]O Mamma O Mamma
[01:21.27]
[01:24.02]Look what I've made cried Orpheus
[01:26.80]And he plucked a gentle note
[01:29.12]
[01:30.42]Eurydice's eyes popped from their sockets
[01:33.69]And her tongue burst through her throat
[01:36.44]O Mamma O Mamma
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[01:44.43]O God what have I done he said
[01:47.07]As her blood pooled in the sheets
[01:49.58]
[01:50.54]But in his heart he felt a bliss
[01:53.92]With which nothing could compete
[01:56.59]O Mamma O Mamma
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[02:04.67]Orpheus went leaping through the fields
[02:07.27]Strumming as hard as he did please
[02:10.52]Birdies detonated in the sky
[02:13.80]Bunnies dashed their brains out on the trees
[02:17.67]O Mamma O Mamma
[02:21.97]
[02:24.89]Orpheus strummed till his fingers bled
[02:27.64]He hit a G minor 7
[02:29.92]
[02:30.96]He woke up God from a deep deep sleep
[02:34.32]God was a major player in heaven
[02:37.30]O Mamma O Mamma
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[02:48.98]God picked up a giant hammer
[02:51.51]And He threw it with an thunderous yell
[02:53.69]
[02:54.40]It smashed down hard on Orpheus' head
[02:57.85]And knocked him down a well
[02:59.98]
[03:00.58]O Mamma O Mamma
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[03:07.55]The well went down very deep
[03:11.15]Very deep went down the well
[03:13.20]
[03:14.12]The well went down so very deep
[03:17.54]Well the well went down to hell
[03:20.34]O Mamma O Mamma
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[03:28.13]Poor Orpheus woke up with a start
[03:30.80]All amongst the rotting dead
[03:32.88]
[03:33.92]His lyre tacked safe under his arm
[03:37.10]His brains all down his head
[03:39.89]O Mamma O Mamma
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[03:47.34]Eurydice appeared brindled in blood
[03:50.43]And she said to Orpheus
[03:53.58]If you play that f**king thing down here
[03:56.53]I'll stick it up your orifice
[03:59.96]O Mamma O Mamma
[04:05.34]
[04:06.89]This lyre lark is for the birds said Orpheus
[04:11.12]It's enough to send you bats
[04:13.55]Let's stay down here Eurydice dear
[04:16.61]And we'll have a bunch of screaming brats
[04:19.78]O Mamma O Mamma
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[04:26.48]Orpheus picked up his lyre for the last time
[04:30.13]He was on a real low down bummer
[04:32.83]
[04:33.51]And stared deep into the abyss and said
[04:36.69]This one is for Mamma
[04:39.82]O Mamma O Mamma
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[04:46.57]O Mamma O Mamma
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[04:53.43]O Mamma O Mamma
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[05:00.31]O Mamma O Mamma
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[05:06.90]O Mamma O Mamma