John Finns Wife Lyrics by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds

John Finns Wife Lyrics

    Well the night was deep and the night was dark
    And i was at the old dance-hall on the edge of town
    Some big ceremony was going down
    Dancers writhed and squirmed and then,
    Came apart and then writhed again
    Like squirming flies on a pin
    In the heat and in the din
    Yes, in the heat and in the din
    I fell to thinking about brand new wife of mad john finn


    Well, midnite came and clock did strike
    And in she came, did john finn's wife
    With legs like scissors and butcher's knives
    A tattooed breast and flaming eyes
    And a crimson carnation in her teeth
    Carving her way through the dance floor
    And i'm standing over by the bandstand
    Every eye gaping on john finn's wife
    Yeah, every eye gaping on john finn's wife


    Now john finn's wife was something of a mystery
    In a town where to share a sworn secret was a solemn duty
    I had brass knuckles and a bolo knife
    Over near the bandstand with john finn's wife
    She got perfumed breasts and raven hair
    Sprinkled with wedding confettis
    And a gang of garrotters were all giving me stares
    Armed, as they were, with machetes
    And the night through the window was full of lights
    Winking and awatching at john finns' wife
    Winking and awatching at john finns' wife


    Next came the cops, all out on the town
    But it don't look like no trouble there
    As they head for the bar in their lumpy suits
    And i slip my hand between the thighs of john finn's wife
    And they seemed to yawn awake, her things
    It was a warm and very ferocious night
    The moon full of blood and light
    And my eyes grew small and my eyes grew tight
    As i plotted in the ear of john finns' wife


    Enter john finn in his shrunken suit
    With his quick black eyes and black cheroot
    With his filled-down teeth and a hobnail boot
    And his fists full of pistols in his pockets
    Aiming at me and aiming at his wife
    The band fall silent fearing for their lives
    And with fear in my guts like tangled twine
    Cause all i got is brass knuckles and a bolo knife
    And mad john finns' wife is all
    And the three of us walk out of the hall


    Now the night bore down upon us all
    You could hear the crickets in the thickets call
    And guns did flare and guns did bawl
    And i planted my bolo knife in the neck
    Of mad john finn. i took his wretched life
    Now i'm over near the bandstand
    Every hand moving on john finns' wife
    Every hand moving on john finns' wife


    And john finns' wife
    Took all the flowers down
    From her hair
    And threw them on the ground
    And the flies did hum
    And the flies did buzz around
    Poor john finn
    Lying dead upon the ground
    Lying dead upon the ground

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