Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Jack The Ripper lyrics
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(l,m) Nick Cave (p) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds < Nick Cave: vocals; Mick Harvey: rhythm guitar; Blixa Bargeld: guitar; Conway Savage: piano; Martyn Casey: bass; Thomas Wydler: drums; The Bad Seeds: backing vocals; Mick Harvey & David Blumberg: string arrangements; Dennis Karmazyn: cello; Bruce Dukov, Barbara Porter: violins > ( Henry's Dream [Mute, 1992] ) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I got a woman SHe rules my house with an iron fist I got a woman She rules my house with an iron fist She screams out Jack the Ripper Every time I try to give that girl a kiss I got a woman She strikes me down with a fist of lead I got a woman She strikes me down with a fist of lead We bed in a bucket of butcher's knives A awake with a hatchet hanging over my head Well you know the story of the viper It's long and lean with poison tooth Yeah, you know the story of the viper It's long and lean with poison tooth Well they're hissing under the floorboards Hanging down in bunches from my roof I got a woman She just hollers what she wants from where she is I got a woman She just hollers what she wants from where she is She screams out Jack the Ripper Every time I try to give that girl a kiss -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transcribed by Pat H. Etic