Loverman Lyrics

by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

[Verse 1]
There's a devil waiting outside your door
(How much longer?)
There's a devil waiting outside your door
(How much longer?)
And he's bucking and braying and pawing the floor
(How much longer?)
And he's howling with pain and crawling up the wall
(How much longer?)
Oh yeah, there's a devil waiting outside your door
(How much longer?)
He's weak with evil and broken by the world
(How much longer?)
He's shouting your name and asking for more
(How much longer?)
Give him more, give him more
There's a devil waiting outside your door
(How much longer?)

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[Hook]
Loverman! Since the world began
Forever, amen, 'til the end of time
Take off that dress; I'm coming down
I'm your loverman
Cause I am what I am what I am what I am

[Chorus]
L is for LOVE baby
O is for ONLY you that I do
V is for loving VIRTUALLY all you are
E is for loving almost EVERYTHING that you do
R is for RAPE me
M is for MURDER me
A is for ANSWERING all of my prayers
N is for KNOWING your loverman's going to be the answer to all of yours

[Hook]
Loverman! Till the bitter end
While empires burn down
Forever and ever and ever and ever Amen
Loverman
So help me, baby
So help me
Cause I am what I am what I am
I'll be your loverman!

[Verse 2]
There's a devil crawling along your floor
(How much longer?)
There's a devil crawling along your floor
(How much longer?)
With a trembling heart, he's coming through your door
(How much longer?)
With his straining sex in his jumping paw
(How much longer?)
Oh yeah, there'a a devil crawling along your floor
(How much longer?)
And he's old and he's stupid and he's hungry and he's sore
And he's lame and he's blind and he's dirty and he's poor
(Give him more, give him more, give him more, give him more, give him more, give him more, give him more, give him more)
(How much longer?)
There's a devil crawling along your floor, oh yeah
(How much longer?)

[Hook]
Loverman! Now here I stand
Forever, amen, cause I am what I am, what I am, what I am
Forgive me, baby, my hands are bound
And I got no choice, no, I got no choice at all

[Chorus]
I'll say it again
L is for LOVE, baby
O is for O yes I do
V is for VIRTUE, so I ain't gonna hurt you
E is for EVEN if you want me to
R is for RENDER unto me, baby
M is for that which is MINE
A is for ANY old how, darling
N is for ANY old time

[Hook]
I'll be your loverman! I got a masterplan
To take off your dress and be your man
Seize the throne and seize the mantle
Seize the crown, cause I am what I am, what I am, what I am
Your loverman!

[Verse 3]
There's a devil lying by your side
(How much longer?)
You might think he's asleep
But look at his eyes
(How much longer?)
He wants you, baby, to be his bride
(How much longer?)
There's a devil lying by your side, oh yeah
(How much longer?)

[Outro]
Oh he's a loverman!
Oh he's a loverman!
Can you comphrend
'Cause I am what I am, what I am, what I am, what I am, what I am, what I am, what I am
'Cause he's a loverman!
A real loverman!
A real loverman!
A real loverman!
A loverman, loverman!
A loverman, loverman!
'Cause I am what I am, what I am, what I am, what I am, what I am, what I am, what I am