[00:01.23]The Witness Song
[00:02.86]Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
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[00:08.50]Yeah, yeah
[00:18.94]I took a walk down to the port
[00:23.00]Where strangers meet and do consort
[00:27.38]All blinkered with desire
[00:31.72]And a winter fog moved thickly on
[00:34.25]A winter fog moved thickly on
[00:36.28]A winter fog moved thickly on
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[00:42.91]Now, who will be the witness
[00:49.10]When the fog's too thick to see
[00:55.69]And I saw a friend beside a wall
[00:59.64]Her hands were raised in supplication
[01:04.45]And her face I could not see at all
[01:08.55]And I raised my hands in rage
[01:13.11]And brought them down again
[01:17.40]And we entered through the eastern door
[01:20.16]And I entered through the eastern door
[01:22.36]And she entered through the eastern door
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[01:28.39]Now, who will be the witness
[01:34.69]When you're all to blind to see
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[01:58.86]And time gets somewhat muddled here
[02:02.93]But no matter, no matter
[02:07.89]Here come the events all tumbling down
[02:20.34]Now, beyond the wall was a great garden
[02:24.57]Into which we passed
[02:29.52]Me and my friend
[02:33.40]And the place was all overgrown with weeds
[02:41.76]And behold from its centre there rose a great fountain
[02:48.28]The fountain with the healing waters
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[02:58.80]And we knelt down by the rim
[03:02.95]And I dipped my hand in
[03:07.20]And she dipped her hand in too
[03:15.36]And I said Are you healed?
[03:19.39]And she said Well are you healed?
[03:23.83]And I said Yes, I'm healed
[03:28.28]And she said Well, yes I'm healed then too
[03:32.71]And I said Babe, you are a liar
[03:35.08]Babe, you are a liar
[03:37.14]Babe, you are a liar, too
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[03:52.07]Now, who will be the witness
[03:58.27]When you're all to healed to see
[04:06.99]And I kissed her once, I kissed her twice
[04:11.47]And made my way to leave her
[04:15.80]And she raised her hand up to her face
[04:19.96]And brought it down again
[04:23.87]I said That gesture, it will haunt me
[04:26.86]That gesture it will haunt me
[04:28.99]And I left there by the eastern door
[04:31.01]She left there by the western door
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[04:37.28]Now, who will be the witness there
[04:43.60]When you're blind and you can't see
[04:46.50]Who will be the witness there
[04:51.92]When you're all so clean and you cannot see
[04:54.87]Who will be the witness there
[05:03.74]When your friends are everywhere
[05:06.39]Who will be the witness there
[05:18.03]And your enemies have ceased to care
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