Nick Cave & 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] )

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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

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Transcribed by Pat H. Etic...