Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Jesus Of The Moon lyrics

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I stepped out of the St. James Hotel, I'd left you behind curled up like a child<br>

A change is gonna come, and as the door whispered shut<br>

I walked on down the high-windowed hall<br>

You lay sleeping on the unmade bed, the weatherman on the television<br>

In the St. James Hotel said that the rains are gonna come<br>

And I stepped out on the streets all sparkling clean with the early morning dew<br>

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Maybe it was you or maybe it was me?<br>

You came on like a punch in the heart<br>

You lying there with the light on your hair <br>

like a Jesus on the moon<br>

A Jesus of the planets and the stars<br>

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Well, I kept thinking about what the weatherman said<br>

And if the voices of the living can be heard by the dead<br>

Well, the day is gonna come when we find out<br>

And in some kinda way I take a little comfort from that now and then<br>

Cause people often talk about being scared of change<br>

But for me I'm more afraid of things staying the same<br>

Cause the game is never won by standing in any one place for too long<br>

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Maybe it was you or maybe it was me?<br>

But there was a chord in you I could not find to strike<br>

You lying there with all the light in your hair like a Jesus of the moon<br>

A Jesus of the planets and the stars<br>

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I see the many girls walking down the empty streets<br>

And maybe once or twice one of them smiles at me<br>

You can't blame anyone for saying hello<br>

I say hey, I say hello, I say hello<br>

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Will it be me or will it be you?<br>

One must stay and one depart<br>

You lying there in a St. James Hotel bed<br>

Like a Jesus of the moon<br>

A Jesus of the planets and the stars<br>

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I say hello, hello, hello<br>

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<i>[Thanks to Chris Seeney (chrisseeney@hotmail.com) for these lyrics]</i><br>

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