[ti:] [ar:] [al:] [00:00.38]I married my wife on the day of the eclipse [00:07.43]Our friends awarded her courage with gifts [00:13.05]Now as the nights grow longer [00:15.74]and the season shifts [00:18.80]I look to my sorrowful wife [00:23.86]Who is quietly tending her flowers [00:29.42]Who is quietly tending her ..... [00:34.15] [00:38.27]The Sorrowful Wife [00:42.82]Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds [00:56.03] [01:17.46]The water is high on the beckoning river [01:21.45]I made her a promise I could not deliver [01:26.85]And the cry of the birds sends a terrible shiver [01:32.30]Through me and my sorrowful wife [01:37.23]Who is shifting the furniture around [01:42.48]Who is shifting the furniture around [01:48.82] [02:27.21]Now we sit beneath the knotted Yew [02:31.21]And the bluebells bob around our shoes [02:36.66]The task of remembering the telltale clues [02:42.11]Goes to my sorrowful wife [02:46.62]Who is counting the days on her fingers [02:52.11]Who is counting the days on her ..... [02:57.61] [03:06.68]Come on help me babe [03:11.22]Come on now [03:15.39]Come on help me babe [03:20.34]I was the blind [03:25.30]The grass here grows long and high [03:28.14]Twists right up to the sky [03:30.26]White clouds roll on by [03:33.33]Come on now and help me babe [03:40.43]I was blind [03:44.66]I was a fool babe [03:49.53]I was blind [03:54.39]A loose wind last night blew down [03:57.16]Black trees bent to the ground [03:59.08]Their blossoms made such a sound [04:02.57]That I could not hear myself think babe [04:09.60]I was blind [04:14.20]I was a fool babe [04:18.12]I was a blind fool babe [04:23.10]I was a fool babe [04:27.87]I was blind babe [04:32.25]