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- NICK CAVE - Brother My Cup Is Empty Lyrics
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- Brother, my cup is empty
- And I haven't got a penny
- For to buy no more whiskey
- I have to go home
- I am the captain of my pain
- Tis the bit, the bridle,
- The trashing cane
- The stirrup, the harness
- The whipping mane
- The pickled eye
- The shrinking brain
- O brother, buy me one more drink
- I'll explain the nature of my pain
- Yes, let me tell you once again
- I am the captain of my pain
- O brother, my cup is empty
- And I haven't got a penny
- For to buy no more whiskey
- I have to go home
- I cannot blame it all on her
- To blame her all would be a lie
- For many a night I lay awake
- And wished that I could watch her die
- To see her accusing finger spurt
- To see flies swarm her hateful eye
- To watch her groaning in the dirt
- To see her clicking tongue crack dry
- O brother, buy me one more drink
- One more drink and then goodbye
- And do not mock me when I say
- Let's drink one more before I die
- O brother, my cup is empty
- And I haven't got a penny
- For to buy no more whiskey
- I have to go home
- Well I've been sliding down on rainbows
- Well I've been swinging from the stars
- Now this wretch in beggars clothing
- Bangs his cup across the bars
- Look, this cup of mine is empty!
- Seems I've misplaced my desires
- Seems I'm sweeping up the ashes
- Of all my former fires
- So brother, be a brother
- And fill this tiny cup of mine
- And please, sir, make it whiskey
- For I have no head for wine
- O brother, my cup is empty
- And I haven't got a penny
- For to buy no more whiskey
- I have to go home
- I counted up my blessings
- And counted only one
- One tiny little blessing
- And now that blessings gone
- So buy me one more drink, my brother
- Then I'm taking to the road
- Yes, I'm taking to the rain
- I'm taking to the snow
- O my friend, my only brother
- Do not let the party grieve
- So throw a dollar onto the bar
- Now kiss my ass and leave
- O brother, my cup is empty
- And I haven't got a penny
- For to buy no more whiskey
- I have to go home
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