Crow Jane Lyrics

by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

[Verse 1]
Crow Jane Crow Jane Crow Jane
Horrors in her head
That her tongue dare not name
She lives alone by the river
The rolling rivers of pain

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[Refrain]
Crow Jane, Crow Jane
Crow Jane, Ah hah huh

[Verse 2]
There is one shining eye on a hard-hat
The company closed down the mine
Winking on waters they came
Twenty hard-hats, twenty eyes
In her clapboard shack
Only six foot by five
They killed all her whiskey
And poured their pistols dry

[Refrain]
Crow Jane, Crow Jane
Crow Jane, Ah hah huh

[Verse 3]
Seems you've remembered
How to sleep, how to sleep
The house dogs are in your turnips
And your yard dogs are running all over the street

[Refrain]
Crow Jane, Crow Jane
Crow Jane, Ah hah huh

[Verse 4]
"O Mr. Smith and Mr. Wesson
Why you close up shop so late?"
"Just fitted out a girl who looked like a bird
Measured .32, .44, .38
I asked that girl which road she was taking
Said she was walking the road of hate
But she stopped on a coal-trolley up to New Haven
Population: 48"

[Refrain]
Crow Jane, Crow Jane
Crow Jane, Ah hah huh

[Verse 5]
Your guns are drunk and smoking
They've followed you right back to your gate
Laughing all the way back from the new town
Population, now, 28

[Refrain]
Crow Jane, Crow Jane
Crow Jane, Ah hah huh