Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Hidding All Away

You went looking for me, dear
Down by the sea
You found some Iittle silver fish
But you didn't find me
I was hiding, dear, hiding all away
I was hiding, dear, I was hiding all away

You went to the museum
And you climbed a spiral stair
You searched for me all among
The knowledgeable air
I was hidden, babe, I was hiding all away
I was hidden, dear, I was hiding all away

You entered the cathedral
When you heard the solemn knell
I was not sitting with the gargoyles
I was not swinging from the bell
I was hiding, dear, I was hiding all away
I was hiding, dear, I was hiding all away

All right, yeah

You asked an electrician
If he'd seen me round his place
He touched you with his fingers
Sent sparks zapping out your face
I was hidden, dear, I was hiding all away
I was not there, dear, I was hiding all away

And when you went and asked your doctor
To get some advice
Well, he shot you full of Pethidine
And then he billed you twice

But I was hiding, dear, I was hiding all away
I was hiding, dear, hiding all away

You approached a high court judge
You thought he'd be on the level
Well, he wrapped a rag around your face
And he beat you with his gavel
I was hiding, habe, I was hiding all away
I was deep in hidden, dear, I was hiding all away

You asked at the local constabulary
They said, he's up to his same old tricks
They leered at you with their baby blues
And rubbed jelly on their sticks
I had to get out of there, babe, I was hiding all the way
You'd better get out of there, dear, I was hiding all the way

All right, then

You searched through all my poets
From Sappho through to Auden
I saw the book fall from your hands
As you slowly died of boredom
I had been there, dear,
but I was not there anymore
I had been there, dear, now I'm hiding all away

You walked into the hall of fame
And approached my imitators
Some were stuffing their faces with caviar
Some were eating cold potatoes
Well, I was hiding, dear, I was hiding all away
I was hiding, dear, I was hiding all away

Well, you asked a famous cook if he'd seen me
He opened his oven wide
Well, he basted you with butter, babe
And made you crawl inside
But I was not in there, dear, I was hiding all away
I was not in there, dear, I was hiding all away

You asked the butcher
Who lifted up his cleaver
Stuck his fist up your dress
Said he must've been mad to leave you
But I had to get away, dear, I was hiding all away
I had to get away, dear, I was hidden all away

All right, yeah

Some of us, we hide away
Some of us, we don't
Some will live to love another day
And some of us won't
But we all know there is a law
And that law, it is love
And we all know there's a war coming
Coming from above

There is a war coming