The Sorrowful Wife Lyrics - No More Shall We Part - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

I married my wife on the day of the eclipse 

Our friends awarded her courage with gifts 

Now as the nights grow longer and the season shifts 

I look to my sorrowful wife 

Who is quietly tending her flowers 

Who is quietly tending her ... 

The water is high on the beckoning river 

I made her a promise I could not deliver 

And the cry of the birds sends a terrible shiver 

Through me and my sorrowful wife 

Who is shifting the furniture around 

Who is shifting the furniture around 

Now we sit beneath the knotted Yew 

And the bluebells bob around our shoes 

The task of remembering the telltale clues 

Goes to my lovely, my sorrowful wife 

Who is counting the days on her fingers 

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Who is counting the days on her ... 

Come on and help me babe 

Come on now 

Help me babe 

I was blind 

The grass here grows long and high 

Twists right up to the sky 

White clouds roll on by 

Come on now and help me babe 

I was blind 

I was a fool babe 

I was blind 

Come on now 

A loose wind last night blew down 

Black trees bent to the ground 

Their blossoms made such a sound 

That I could not hear myself think babe 

Come on now 

And help me babe 

Help me now 

I was blind 

I was a fool