Things That Make us Do The Things We Do

Nick Cave - NOBODY'S BABY NOW

I've searched the holy books
I tried to unravel the mystery of
Jesus Christ, the saviour
I've read the poets and the analysts
Searched through the books on human behaviour
I travelled this world around
For an answer that refused to be found
I don't know why and I don't know how
But she's nobody's baby now
I loved her then and
I guess I love her still
Hers is the face
I see when a certain mood moves in
She lives in my blood and skin
Her wild feral stare, her dark hair
Her winter lips as cold as stoneYeah,
I was her man
But there are some things love won't allow
I held her hand but
I don't hold it now
I don't know why and
I don't know how
But she's nobody's baby now
This is her dress that
I loved best
With the blue quilted violets across the breast
And these are my many letters
Torn to pieces by her long-fingered hand
I was her cruel-hearted man
And though
I've tried to lay her ghost down
She's moving through me, even now
I don't know why and I don't know how
But she's nobody's baby now
She's nobody's baby now
Nobody's baby now
She's nobody's baby now