O Children by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
From The Album Lyre of Orpheus


[Intro]
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[Verse]

   Pass me tha

t lovely littl

e gun

   My dear, my

 darling one

   The cleaner

s are coming, 

one by one
             
   You don't e

             
ven wanna let 

    
them start

[Interlude]
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[Verse]

   They're kno

cking now upon

 your door

   They measur

e the room, th

ey know the sc

ore

   They're mop

ping up the bu

tcher's floor
             
   Of your bro

            
ken little hea


rts

[Chorus]
(       
Oooo-oooo-oooo

         
-oooo children

[Verse]

   Forgive us 

now for what w

e've done

   It started 

out as a bit o

f fun

   Here, take 

these before w

e run away
            
   The keys to

      
 the gulag

[Chorus]
(     
    Oooo child

ren
             
   Lift up you

             
r voice, lift 

         
up your voice

Children
            
   Rejoice, re

 
joice

[Interlude]
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[Verse]

   Here comes 

Frank and poor

 old Jim

   They're gat

hering round w

ith all my fri

ends

   We're older

 now, the ligh

t is dim
             
   And you are

             
 only just beg

  
inning

[Chorus]
(       
Oooo-oooo-oooo

         
-oooo children

[Verse]

   We have the

 answer to all

 your fears

   It's short,

 it's simple, 

it's crystal c

lear

   It's round 

about and it's

 somewhere her

e
             
   Lost amongs

         
t our winnings

[Chorus]
(     
    Oooo child

ren
             
   Lift up you

             
r voice, lift 

         
up your voice

Children
            
   Rejoice, re

 
joice

[Verse]
(
The cleaners h

ave done their

 job on you

   They're hip

 to it, man, t

hey're in the 

groove

   They've hos

ed you down, y

ou're good as 

new
             
   And they're

             
 lining up to 

 
inspect you

[Chorus]
(       
Oooo-oooo-oooo

         
-oooo children

[Verse]

   Poor old Ji

m's white as a

 ghost

   He's found 

the answers th

at we lost

   We're all w

eeping now, we

eping because
             
   There ain't

              
 nothing we ca

      
n do to protec

t you

[Chorus]
(     
    Oooo child

ren
             
   Lift up you

             
r voice, lift 

         
up your voice

Children
            
   Rejoice, re

 
joice

[Verse]
(
Hey little tra

in! We're jump

ing on
    
The train that

 goes to the K

ingdom

  We're happy,

 Ma, we're hav

ing fun
             
And the train 

              
ain't even lef

       
t the station

[Verse]
(
Hey little tra

in! Wait for m

e!
  
I once was bli

nd but now I s

ee

Have you left 

a seat for me?
             
Is that such a

              
 stretch of th

       
e imagination?

[Verse]
(
Hey little tra

in! Wait for m

e!
      
I was held in 

chains but now

 I'm free

  I'm hanging 

in there, don'

t you see
             
In this proces

          
s of eliminati

on

[Verse]
(
Hey little tra

in! We're jump

ing on
    
The train that

 goes to the K

ingdom
     
We're, we're h

appy, Ma, we'r

e having fun
             
It's beyond my

             
 wildest expec

 
tation

[Verse]
(
Hey little tra

in! We're jump

ing on
    
The train that

 goes to the K

ingdom

 We're happy, 

Ma, we're havi

ng fun
             
The train ain'

             
t even left th

    
e station

(Fade out)