The Weary Angel

The Weeping Song

by Nick Cave

 

"Go son, go down to the water

And see the women weeping there

Then go up into the mountains

The men, they are weeping too

 

Father, why are all the women weeping?

They are weeping for their men

Then why are all the men there weeping?

They are weeping back at them

 

This is a weeping song

A song in which to weep

While all the men and women sleep

This is a weeping song

But I won't be weeping long...."

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