[ti:The weeping song] [ar:Nick Cave] [al:] The weeping song (L,M) Cave (p) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds < Nick Cave: vocals, piano, hammond, harmonica; Mick Harvey: bass, acoustic guitar, vibraphone, percussion, backing vocals; Blixa Bargeld: guitar, backing vocals, "father" vocal; Kid Congo Powers: guitar; Thomas Wydler: drums, percussion; Alexandre Ramirez, Altamir Tea Bueno Salinas, Helena Akiku Imasato, Lea Kalil Sadi: violins Akira Terazaki, Glaucho Masahiru Imasato: violas Braulio Marques Lima, Cristina Manescu: cellos > ( The Good Son [Mute, 1990] ) [00:29]Go son, go down to the water [00:35]And see the women weeping there [00:43]Then go up into the mountains [00:50]The men, they are weeping too [00:57]Father, why are all the women weeping? [01:04]They are weeping for their men [01:11]Then why are all the men there weeping? [01:18]They are weeping back at them [01:30]This is a weeping song [01:35]A song in which to weep [01:39]While all the men and women sleep [01:45]This is a weeping song [01:49]But I won't be weeping long [01:58]Father, why are all the children weeping? [02:05]They are merely crying son [02:12]O, are they merely crying, father? [02:20]Yes, true weeping is yet to come [02:31]This is a weeping song [02:36]A song in which to weep [02:40]While all the little children sleep [02:46]This is a weeping song [02:50]But I won't be weeping long [02:59]O father tell me, are you weeping? [03:06]Your face seems wet to touch [03:13]O then I'm so sorry, father [03:20]I never thought I hurt you so much [03:32]This is a weeping song [03:36]A song in which to weep [03:41]While we rock ourselves to sleep [03:46]This is a weeping song [03:50]But I won't be weeping long [03:55]No I won't be weeping long [04:00]No I won't be weeping long [04:06]No I won't be weeping long