Water's Edge Lyrics - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

They take apart their bodies like toys for the local boys 

Because they're always there at the edge of the water 

They come from the capitol these city girls 

Go way down where the stones meet the sea 

And all you young girls where do you hide 

Down by the water, the restless tide 

And the local boys hide on the mound and watch 

Reaching for the speech and the word to be heard 

And the boys grow hard, hard to be heard 

Hard to be heard as the reach for the speech and the word 

On the water's edge 

But you grow old, and you grow cold, 

Yeah, you grow old, and you grow cold 

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They would come in their hordes, these city girls 

With white strings flowing from their ears 

As the local boys behind the mound 

Think long and hard about the girls from the capitol 

Who dance at the water's edge, shakin' their asses 

And all you young lovers, where do you hide 

Down by the water and the restless tide 

With a Bible of tricks they do with their legs 

The girls reach for the speech and the speech to be heard 

To be hard the boys teem down from the mound 

And seize the girls from the capitol 

Who shriek at the edge of the water 

Shriek to speak and reach for the speech 

Yeah, reach for the speech and be heard 

But you grow old, and you grow cold, 

Yeah, you grow old, and you grow cold, 

You grow old 

Their legs wide to the world like Bibles open 

To be speared and taken their bodies apart like toys 

They dismantle themselves by the water's edge 

And reach for the speech and the wide, wide world 

Aaaah, God knows the local boys 

Yeah, it's will of love 

It's the thrill of love 

Ah, but the chill of love, is comin' on 

Yeah, it's will of love 

It's the thrill of love 

Ah, but the chill of love, is comin' on 

It's will of love 

It's the thrill of love 

Ah, but the chill of love, is comin' down, people