Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Earthlings Lyrics

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Lyrics

"Earthlings"

Children Halloweened in sheets
Go running up and down the streets
I thought these ghosts had gathered here for me
I thought these songs would one day set me free
Laughter fills the sky above
How can such a thing provoke our love?
I thought these ghosts were there to set me free
I thought these songs had traveled here for me

I think they're singing to be free
As one star dies and the night collapses
A rise in love enraptured
I thought that love would one day set me free
I think my friends have gathered here for me

Oombaya, oh Lord
Oombaya, oh Lord
Oombaya, oh Lord
Oombaya, oh Lord
Oombaya, oh Lord
Oombaya, oh Lord
Oombaya, oh Lord
Oombaya, oh Lord
Oombaya, oh Lord
Oombaya, oh Lord
Oombaya, oh Lord
Oombaya, oh Lord

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Writer(s): Warren Ellis, Nicholas Cave

compilation: "B-Sides & Rarities (Part II)" (2021)

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - B-Sides & Rarities (Part II) compilation cover

Hey Little Firing Squad

Fleeting Love

Accidents Will Happen

King Sized Nick Cave Blues

Opium Eyes

Big Dream (With Sky)

Instrumental #33

(Instrumental)

Glacier

(Instrumental)

Heart That Kills You

First Waiting For You

Sudden Song

Earthlings

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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Lyrics