(l,m) Cave (p) Nick & The Bad Seeds < Nick Cave: vocals; Harvey: rhythm guitar, organ, backing vocals; Blixa Bargeld: guitar; Savage: piano; Martyn Casey: Thomas Wydler: drums; The Bad backing vocals; Mick Harvey & David Blumberg: arrangements; Karmazyn: cello; Bruce Dukov, Barbara Porter: violins > ( Henry's [Mute, 1992] ) Well the night was and the night was dark And I was at the old dance-hall on the of town Some big ceremony was down Dancers and squirmed and then, Came and then writhed again Like squirming on a pin In the and in the din Yes, in the and in the din I fell to thinking about brand new wife of mad John Well, came and clock did strike And in she came, did John wife With legs scissors and butcher's knives A tattooed breast and flaming And a carnation in her teeth her way through the dance floor And I'm over by the bandstand eye gaping on John Finn's wife Yeah, every eye gaping on John wife Now John wife was something of a mystery In a town to share a sworn secret was a solemn duty I had brass knuckles and a bolo Over near the bandstand with Finn's wife She got perfumed breasts and hair Sprinkled with confettis And a of garrotters were all giving me stares Armed, as were, with machetes And the through the window was full of lights Winking and awatching at John Finns' Winking and awatching at John wife came the cops, all out on the town But it look like no trouble there As they had for the bar in their suits And I slip my hand the things of John Finn's wife And they to yawn awake, her things It was a warm and ferocious night The full of blood and light And my eyes grew small and my eyes tight As I plotted in the ear of John wife Enter John Finn in his suit With his quick black and black cheroot With his filled-down teeth and a boot And his fists full of in his pockets Aiming at me and aiming at his The band fall silent fearing for their And fear in my guts like tangled twine Cause all I got is brass knuckles and a knife And mad John Finns' is all And the of us walk out of the hall Now the night bore upon us all You could hear the crickets in the call And guns did flare and did bawl And I planted my knife in the neck Of mad Finn. I took his wretched life Now I'm near the bandstand Every hand moving on Finns' wife Every hand moving on Finns' wife And John wife Took all the down From her And threw on the ground And the did hum And the did buzz around Poor John Lying dead upon the Lying dead upon the