Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds — From Her to Eternity 1987

Ah wanna tell ya 'bout a girl You know, she lives in room 29 Why... Why... that's the one right up top a mine I start to cry, I start to cry O Ah hear her walkin' Walkin' barefoot cross the floor-boards All thru this lonesome night I hear her crying too Hot-tears come splashin on down Leaking thru the cracks Down upon my face, Ah catch'em in my mouth! Ah catch'em in my mouth! Ah catch'em in my mouth! Walk'n'cry Walk'n'cry-y!!! From her to eternity! From her to eternity! From her to eternity! I read her diary on her sheets Scrutinizin' every lil bit of dirt Tore out a page'n'stufft it inside my shirt Fled outta the window And shinning it down the vine Outta her night-mare, and back into mine Mine! O Mine! From her to eternity! From her to eternity! From her to eternity! Cry! Cry! CRY! She's wearing them blue stockin's, I bet! And standin' like this with my ear to the ceiling Listen, Ah know it must sound absurd But Ah can hear the most melancholy sound Ah ever heard! Walk'n'cry! Kneel'n'cry-y! From her to eternity! From her to eternity! O tell me why? O tell me why? Oh Why? Why? Why? O tell me why and don't tell me a lie! Why the ceiling still shakes? Shakes! Shakes! Shakes! Why the fixtures turn to serpents and snakes? This desire to possess her is a wound And its naggin' at me like a shrew But, I know, that to possess her Is, therefore, not to desire her O o o then ya know, that lil girl would just have to go! Go! Go-o-o! From her to eternity! From her to eternity