Nick Cave - O Children Lyrics
Pass me that lovely little gunMy dear, my darting oneThe cleaners are coming, one by oneYou don't even want to let them startThey are knocking now upon your doorThey measure the room, they know the scoreThey're mopping up the butcher's floorOf your broken little heartsO childrenForgive us now for what we've doneIt started out as a bit of funHere, take these before we run awayThe keys to the gulagO childrenLift up your voice, lift up your voiceChildrenRejoice, rejoiceHere comes Frank and poor old JimThey're gathering round with all my friendsWe're older now, the light is dimAnd you are only just beginningO childrenWe have the answer to all your fearsIt's short, it's simple, it's crystal dearIt's round about, it's somewhere hereLost amongst our winningsO childrenLift up your voice, lift up your voiceChildrenRejoice, rejoiceThe cleaners have done their job on youThey're hip to it, man, they're in the grooveThey've hosed you down, you're good as newThey're lining up to inspect youO childrenPoor old Jim's white as a ghostHe's found the answer that was lostWe're all weeping now, weeping becauseThere ain't nothing we can do to protect youO childrenLift up your voice, lift up your voiceChildrenRejoice, rejoiceHey little train! We are all jumping onThe train that goes to the KingdomWe're happy, Ma, we're having funAnd the train ain't even left the stationHey, little train! Wait for me!I once was blind but nowI see Have you left a seat for me?Is that such a stretch of the imagination?Hey little train! Wait for me!I was held in chains but now I'm freeI'm hanging in there, don't you seeIn this process of eliminationHey little train! We are all jumping onThe train that goes to the KingdomWe're happy, Ma, we're having funIt's beyond my wildest expectationHey little train! We are all jumping onThe train that goes to the KingdomWe're happy, Ma, we're having funAnd the train ain't even left the station
