"Swing Low" lyrics - NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS
How is little Thomas Magee?
Thomas Magee, he swallowed a key
Did he die, little Thomas Magee?
Holly, Holly, just let him be
He's wiser now, little Thomas Magee
Called this cat on a telephone
Heart was beating in my chest
I'd eaten something I could not digest
And the phone kept ringing
There's no-one home
Ran to his house, rapped on the window
Ooh blood was pumping much too fast
Stuck my fingers through the glass
Strange music playin' on the radio
Swing low, swing low
Swing low, swing low
Way down low and carry me home
Pray like Peter, preach like Paul
Jesus died to save us all
I climbed through the window
I crawled on the floor
I ripped up all the furniture
But I still couldn't find what I was looking for
Problems that we claim as our own
Cannot be solved, they must be outgrown
The bottomless knowledge that cannot be known
The empty ring on the telephone
And the strange music playin' on the radio
Swing low, swing low
Swing low, swing low
Yea way down low and carry me home
Where do you go?
Where do you go?
Swing low, baby, save my soul
Where do you go?
Where do you go?
Swing low, baby, save my soul
Swing low, swing low
Swing low, swing low
Swing low, swing low
Swing low, swing low
B-Sides & Rarities (Part I) (2005)
- Deanna (Acoustic Version)
- The Mercy Seat (Acoustic Version)
- City Of Refuge (Acoustic Version)
- The Moon Is In The Gutter
- The Six Strings That Drew Blood
- Rye Whiskey
- Running Scared
- Black Betty
- Scum
- The Girl At The Bottom Of My Glass
- The Train Song
- Cocks N' Asses
- Blue Bird
- Helpless
- God's Hotel
- (I'll Love You) Till The End Of The World
- Cassiel's Song
- Tower Of Song
- What Can I Give You
- What A Wonderful World
- Rainy Night In Soho
- Lucy (Version #2)
- Jack The Ripper (Acoustic Version)
- Sail Away
- There's No Night Out In The Jail
- That's What Jazz Is To Me
- The Willow Garden
- The Ballad Of Robert Moore And Betty Coltrane
- King Kong Kitchee Kitchee Ki-Mi-O
- Knoxville Girl
- Where The Wild Roses Grow (Original Guide Vocal Version)
- O'Malley's Bar (Part 1)
- O'Malley's Bar (Part 2)
- O'Malley's Bar (Part 3)
- O'Malley's Bar (Reprise)
- Time Jesum Transeuntum Et Non Riverentum
- Red Right Hand (Scream 3 Version)
- Little Empty Boat
- Right Now I'm A-Roaming
- Come Into My Sleep
- Black Hair (Band Version)
- Babe, I Got You Bad
- Sheep May Safely Graze
- Opium Tea
- Grief Came Riding
- Bless His Ever Loving Heart
- Good Good Day
- Little Janey's Gone
- I Feel So Good
- Shoot Me Down
- Swing Low
- Little Ghost Song
- Everything Must Converge
- Nocturama
- She's Leaving You
- Under This Moon