Interpret:

Nick Cave

Album:

Let Love In

They're gonna lay me low (Lay me low) 
They're gonna sink me in the snow 
They're gonna throw back their heads and crow 
When I go 


They're gonna jump and shout (Lay me low) 
They're gonna wave their arms about 
All the stories will come out 
When I go 


All the stars will glow bright (Lay me low) 
And my friends will give up the fight 
They'll see my work in a different light 
When I go 


They'll try telephoning my mother (Lay me low) 
But they'll end up getting my brother 
Who'll spill the story on some long-gone lover 
That I hardly know 


Hats off to the man 
On top of the world 
Come crawl up here, baby 
And I'll show you how it works 
If you wanna be my friend 
And you wanna repent 
And you want it all to end 
And you wanna know when 
Well do it now don't care how 
Take your final bow 
Make a stand Take my hand 
And blow it all to hell 


They gonna inform the police chief (Lay me low) 
Who'll breathe a sigh of relief 
He'll say I was a malanderer, a badlander, and a thief 
When I go 


They will interview my teachers (Lay me low) 
Who'll say I was one of God's sorrier creatures 
There'll print informative six-page features 
When I go 


They'll bang a big old gong (Lay me low) 
The motorcade will be ten miles long 
The world will join together for a farewell song 
When they put me down below 


They'll sound a fluegelhorn (Lay me low) 
And the sea will rage, and the sky will storm 
All man and beast will mourn 
When I go 


Hats off to the man 
On top of the world 
Come crawl up here, baby 
And we can watch this damn thing turn 
If you wanna be my friend 
And you wanna repent 
And you want it all to end 
And you wanna know when 
Well do it now Do it now 
Take a long last bow 
Take my hand Make a stand 
And blow it all to hell 


Lay me low... 
When I go...