Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Knoxville Girl Lyrics
I met a little girl in knoxvilleA town we all know wellAnd every sunday eveningIn her home Id dwellWe went to take an evening walkAbout a mile from townI picked a stick up off the groundAnd I knocked that fair girl downShe fell down on her bended kneesFor mercy she did cryOh willy, dear, dont kill me yetIm unprepared to dieShe never spoke another wordI only beat her moreUntil the ground around meWith her blood did flowI took her by her golden curlsAnd I dragged her round and roundThrowing her into the riverThat flows from knoxville townGo down, go down, you knoxville girlWith your dark and roving eyesGo down, go down, you knoxville girlYou can never be my brideI started back to knoxvilleGot there about midnightMy mother, she was worriedShe woke up in a frightSaying, dear son, what have you doneTo bloody up your clothes?I told my anxious motherThat I was bleading in my noseI called for me a candleAnd I called for me a bedAnd I called for me a handkerchiefTo bind my aching headI rolled and thrashed the whole night throughAll horrors I did seeThe devil stood at the foot of my bedPointing his finger at meThey carried me down to knoxvilleAnd put me in a cellMy friends all tried to get me outBut none could grow my bailIm here to waste my life awayDown in this dirty old jailBecause I murdered that knoxville girlThe girl I loved so well
