The Ballad Of Robert Moore And Betty Coltrane Lyrics - Nick Cave & The Bad Seed

There was a thick set man with frog eyes 

Who was standing at the door 

And a little bald man with wing-nut ears 

Was waiting in the car 

Well, Robert Moore passed the frog-eyed man 

As he walked into the bar 

And Betty Coltrane she jumped under her table 

"What's your pleasure?" asked the barman 

He had a face like boiled meat 

"There's a girl called Betty Coltrane 

That I have come to see" 

"But I ain't seen that girl 'round here 

For more than a week" 

And Betty Coltrane he had hid beneath the table 

Well, then in came a sailor with 

Mermaids tattooed on his arms 

Followed by the man with the wing-nut ears 

Who was waitin' in the car 

Well, Robert Moore sensed trouble 

He'd seen it comin' from afar 

And Betty Coltrane she gasped beneath the table 

Well, the sailor said, "I'm looking for my wife 

They call her Betty Coltrane" 

The frog-eyed man said, "That can't be 

That's my wife's maiden name" 

And the man with the wing-nut ears said 

"Hey, I married her back in Spain" 

And Betty Coltrane crossed herself beneath the table 

Well, Robert Moore stepped up and said 

"That woman is my wife" 

And he drew a silver pistol 

And a wicked bowie knife 

And he shot the man with the wing-nut ears 

Straight between the eyes 

And Betty Coltrane, she moaned under the table 

Well, the frog-eyed man jumped at Robert Moore 

Who stabbed him in the chest 

And as Mister Frog-eyes died he said 

"Betty, you're the girl that I loved best" 

Then the sailor pulled a razor 

Robert blasted it to bits 

"And Betty, I know you're under the table" 

"Well, have no fear," said Robert Moore 

"I do not want to hurt you" 

"Never a woman did I love me 

Half as much as you 

"You're the blessed sun, the meek girl 

And you are the sacred moon" 

And Betty shot his legs out from under the table 

Well, Robert Moore went down heavy 

With a crash upon the floor 

And over to his trashin' body 

Betty Coltrane she did crawl 

She put the gun to the back of his head 

And pulled the trigger once more 

And blew his brains out all over the table 

Well, Betty stood up and shook her head 

And waved the smoke away 

Said, "I'm sorry Mr. Barman 

To leave your place this way" 

As she emptied out their wallets she said 

"I'll collect my severance pay" 

Then she winked and threw a dollar on the table