Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
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Ghosteen

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Page type: lyric reference Artist: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Canonical path: /nick-cave-e-the-bad-seeds/ghosteen Related lyric paths: 6
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Ghosteen

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This world is beautiful

Held within its stars

I keep it in my heart

The stars are your eyes

I loved them right from the start

A world so beautiful

And I keep it in my heart

A Ghosteen dances in my hand

Slowly twirling, twirling all around

Glowing circle in my hand

Dancing, dancing, dancing all around

A Ghosteen dances in my hand

Slowly twirling, twirling all around

Glowing circle in my hand

Dancing, dancing, dancing all around

Here we go

There goes the moonlit man

Got a suitcase in his hand

He's moving on down the road

Things tend to fall apart

Starting with his heart

He kisses you lightly and he leaves

Leaves your sleeping body

Curled and dreaming

Around your smile

Your smile

The three bears watch the TV

They age a lifetime, oh Lord

Mama bear holds the remote

Papa bear, he just floats

And baby bear

He has gone to the Moon in a boat

Oh, in a boat

I'm speaking about love now

And how the lights of love go down

You're in the back room washing his clothes

Love's like that, you know

It's like a tidal flow

And the past, with its fierce undertow

Won't ever let us go

Won't ever let you go

If I could move the night I would

And I would turn the world around if I could

There's nothing wrong with loving something

You can't hold in your hand

You're sitting on the edge of the bed

Smoking and shaking your hand

Well there's nothing wrong with loving things

That cannot even stand

Well, there goes your moony man

With his suitcase in his hand

Well, every road is lined with animals

That rise from their blood and walk

Well, the Moon won't get a wink of sleep

If I stay all night and talk

If I stay all night and talk

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