Původně zpěvák australské skupiny Birthday Party (celým jménem Nicholas Edward Cave, nar. 1957). Po jejím odchodu do Evropy a následném rozpadu (1983) se stěhuje do Berlína, kde se objevuje v několika skladbách na nahrávkách skupiny Die Haut....

Píseň: Rye Whiskey

Interpret:
Nick Cave
Album:
B-Sides & Rarities (CD 1)
Jack of Diamonds, Jack of Diamonds, I know you most of all
You've robbed my poor pockets of silver and gold
And whiskey, you villain, you've been my down fall
You've cuffed and you've kicked me but I loved you of old


Oh, whiskey, rye whiskey, whiskey, I cried
If I don't get rye whiskey I surely will die


Well, I go yonder mountain and build me a still
And I send you a gallon for a five dollar bill
Well, it's beefcake when I'm hungry, whiskey when I'm dry
And it's greenbacks when I'm hard off and hell when I die


I said, "Whiskey, rye whiskey, whiskey", I cried
"If I don't get rye whiskey I surely will die"


If the sea were made of Whiskey and I was a duck
I'd swim to the bottom and never come up
Oh, but the sea ain't made of Whiskey and I ain't a duck
So I'll play Jack of Diamonds and trust on my luck


I said, "Whiskey, rye whiskey, whiskey", I cried
"If I don't get rye whiskey I surely will die"


I said, "Whiskey, rye whiskey, whiskey", I cried
"If I don't get rye whiskey I surely will die"


Ohh, if I don't get rye whiskey I surely will die