Dead Man In My Bed Lyrics - Nick Cave & The Bad Seed

She sat in a wicker chair, her eyes they were downcast 

She breathed in the future, by breathing out the past 

The die is done, the die is shook, the die is duly cast 

There is a dead man in my bed, she said 

That smile you see upon his face 

It's been there for many days 

There's a dead man in my bed 

I ain't been feeling that good too much no more, she said, I swear 

She pointed at the bedroom door and said I ain't going in there 

She leaped out of her seat and screamed someone's not concentrating here 

There is a dead man in my bed, she said 

I ain't speaking metaphorically 

His eyes are open but he cannot see 

There's a dead man in my bed 

The leaves outside the window waved, all brown, they were, and falling 

Even I could tell the atmosphere in here was utterly appalling 

The phone it rang incessantly but nobody was calling 

There's a dead man in my bed, she said 

And though he keeps on taking notes 

I swear this ain't some kind of hoax 

Dead man in my bed 

Now she's in the kitchen, rattling those pots and pans 

I'd cook him something nice, she said, but he refuses to wash his hands 

He used to be so good to me, now he smells so fucking bad 

There is a dead man in my bed, she said 

I keep poking at him with my stick 

But his skin is just so fucking thick 

There's a dead man in my bed