I live in a town called MillhavenAnd it's small and it's mean and it's coldBut if you come around just as the sun goes downYou can watch the whole thing turn to goldIt's around about then that I used to go a-roamingLa la la la, la la la lieAll God's children they all gotta dieMy name is Loretta but I prefer LottieI'm closing in on my fifteenth yearIf you think that you have seen a pair of eyes more greenThen you sure haven't seen them around hereWell, my hair is yellow and I'm always a-combingLa la la la, la la la lieMama often told me that we all got to dieYou must have heard about The Curse Of MillhavenHow last Christmas Bill Blake's little boy didn't come homeThey found him the next week up in One Mile CreekWith his head bashed in and his pockets full of stonesWell, just imagine all above wailing and moaningLa la la la, la la la lieEven Bill Blake's boy, he had to dieThen Professor O'Rye from Millhaven HighFound nailed to his door his prize-winning terrierThen next day the old fool brought little Biko to schoolAnd we all had to watch as he buried herWell, his eulogy to Biko had all the tears a-flowingLa la la la, la la la lieEven God's little creatures, they have to dieOur little town fell into a state of shockA lot of people were saying things that made little senseThe next thing you know the head of Handyman JoeWas found in the fountain of the Mayor's residenceWell, foul play can really get a small town goingLa la la la, la la la lieEven God's children, they have to dieThen in a cruel twist of fate, old Mrs ColgateWas stabbed but the job was not completeWell, the last thing she said before the cops pronounced her deadWas, My killer is Loretta and she lives across the streetTwenty cops burst through my door without even phoningLa la la la, la la la lieThe young ones, the old ones, they all gotta dieYes, it is I, Lottie, The Curse Of MillhavenI've struck horror in the heart of this townLike my eyes ain't green and my hair ain't yellowIt's more like the other way aroundI gotta pretty little mouth, underneath all the foamingLa la la la, la la la lieSooner or later we all gotta dieSince I was no bigger than a weevil they've been saying I was evilThat if, bad was a boot that I'd fit itThat I'm a wicked young lady, but I've been trying hard latelyO fuck it, I'm a monster, I admit itWell, it makes me so mad that my blood starts a-goingLa la la la, la la la lieMama always told me that we all gotta dieYeah, I drowned the Blakey kid, stabbed Mrs. Colgate, I admitDid the handyman with his circular saw in his garden shedBut I never crucified little Biko, that was two junior high school psychosStinky Bohoon and his friend with the pumpkin-sized headI'll sing to the lot, now that you got me goingLa la la la, la la la lieAll God's children have all gotta dieThere were all of the others, all our sisters and brothersYou assumed were accidents, best forgottenRecall the children who broke through the ice on Lake Tahoo?Everyone assumed the Warning signs had followed them to the bottomWell, they're underneath the house where I do quite a bit of stowingLa la la la, la la la lieEven twenty little children, they had to dieAnd the fire of '91 that razed the Bella Vista slumThat was the biggest shit-fight this country's ever seenInsurance companies ruined, land lords getting suedAll cause of wee girl with a can of gasolineThose flames really roared when the wind started blowingLa la la la, la la la lieWell, the rich man, the poor man, they all got to dieWell, I confessed to all these crimes and they put me on trialI was laughing when they took me awayOff to the asylum in an old black MariahWell, it ain't home, but you know, it's better than jailIt ain't such a bad old place to have a home inLa la la la, la la la lieAll God's children, they all gotta dieNow I got shrinks that will not rest with their endless Rorschach testsI keep telling them they're out to get meThey ask me if I feel remorse and I answer, Why of courseThere is so much more I could have done if they'd let meSo it's Rorschach and Prozac and everything is groovyLa la la la, la la la lieWell, all God's children they all have to dieLa la la la, la la la lieI'm happy as a lark and everything is fineLa la la la, la la la lieYeah, everything is groovy and everything is fineLa la la la, la la la lieWell, all God's children they gotta die
Lyrics by Nick Cave & The Bad Seed
500 Miles A Box For Black Paul A Dead Song Abattoir Blues Ain't Gonna Rain Anymore Albert Goes West All The Pretty Little Horses All The Pretty Little Horses (Traditional Version) All The Pretty Little Horsies All Tomorrow's Parties And No More Shall We Part Are You The One That I've Been Waiting For? As I Sat Sadly By Her Side Avalanche Babe, I Got You Bad Babe, I'm on Fire Babe, You Turn Me On Big-Jesus-Trash-Can Black Betty Black Betty (Nick Cave Version) Black Betty (Traditional Version) Black Crow King Black Hair Blast Off Bless His Ever Loving Heart Blind Lemon Jefferson Blue Bird Blundertown Breathless Bring It On Brompton Oratory Brother, My Cup Is Empty By The Time I Get To Phoenix Cabin Fever! Cannibal's Hymn Capers Carry Me Cassiel's Song Christina The Astonishing Cindy Cindy (Traditional Version) City Of Refuge City Of Refuge - Ciudad Protectora (spanish Versio... Come Into My Sleep Crow Jane Cry Darker With the Day Dead Joe Dead Man in My Bed Deanna Deanna - Diana (spanish Version) Death Is Not The End Deep in the Woods Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! Do You Love Me? Do You Love Me? (part 2) Down in a Willow Garden Down In A Willow Garden (Traditional Version) Dull Day Dumb Europe Easy Money Fable Of The Brown Ape Far From Me Faraway, So Close! Fears of Gun Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow Foi Na Cruz From Her To Eternity Gates to the Garden Get Ready For Love Girl At The Bottom Of My Glass Girl At The Bottom Of My Glass - Mujer Al Fondo De... God Is in the House God's Hotel Green Eyes Grief Came Riding Hallelujah Hamlet (Pow, Pow, Pow) Happy Birthday Hard On For Love He Wants You Helpless Henry Lee Henry Lee (Nick Cave version) Hey Joe Hiding All Away Ho-ho Hold On To Yourself How Long, How Long Blues How Long, How Long Blues (Traditional Version) I Do Dear, I Do. I Do Love Her So (Lime Tree Arbour) I Feel So Good I Had A Dream, Joe I Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condit... I Let Love In I Put A Spell On You I Rowed a Little Boat I Rowed A Little Boat (Traditional Version) I'll Love You Till The End Of The World I'm Gonna Kill That Woman Idiot Prayer In The Ghetto Into My Arms Jack The Ripper Jack's Shadow Jangling Jack Jennifer's Veil Jesus Met The Woman At The Well Jesus Of The Moon John Finn's Wife Junkyard Just You and Me Katy Cruel (Traditional Version) Kewpie Doll King Ink King Kong Kitchee Kitchee Ki-Mi-O Kiss Me Black Knockin' On Joe Knoxville Girl Lament Lay Me Low Let The Bells Ring Lie Down Here (And Be My Girl) Little Empty Boat Little Janey's Gone Little Water Song Long Black Veil Long Time Fan Long Time Man Long Time Man (Nick Cave version) Love Henry Love Henry (Traditional Version) Love Letter Lovely Creature Loverman Lucy Mack The Knife Mama's Boy Mercy - Misericordia (spanish Version) Messiah Ward Midnight Man Mister Frog Went A-Courting Mister Frog Went A-Courting (Traditional Version) Mojo Moonland More News From Nowhere Mr. Clarinet Muddy Water Mutiny in Heaven Nature Boy New Morning New Morning - Nuevo Amanecer (spanish Version) Nick the Stripper Night Of The Lotus Eaters Nobody's Baby Now O Children O'Malley's Bar Oh My Lord Oh, Happy Day Oh, Happy Day (Traditional Version) Opium Tea Oxford Tragedy (Traditional Version) Papa Won't Leave You, Henry Patripassian Peace In the Valley Peace In the Valley (Traditional Version) People Ain't No Good Plain Gold Ring Pleasure Is The Boss Rainy Night In Soho Rainy Night In Soho (traditional Version) Red Right Hand Release the Bats Riddle House (Howard) Right Now I'm A-Roaming Right Out of Your Hand Rock of Gibraltar Running Scared Rye Whiskey Rye Whiskey (Traditional Version) Rye Whiskey (tranditonal version) Sad Dark Eyes Sad Waters Sail Away Saint Huck Say Goodbye To The Little Girl Tree Scum Several Sins She Fell Away She Passed by My Window She's Hit She's Leaving You Shivers (Howard) Six Inch Gold Blade Sleeping Analeah Slowly Goes The Night Slowly Goes The Night - Despacio Pasa La Noche (sp... Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart Song Of Joy Sonny's Burning Sorrow's Child Spell Stagalee Stagger Lee Stagolee (Traditional Version 1) Stagolee (Traditional Version 2) Stagolee (Traditional Version 3) Still in Love Stow-a-way Straight To You Stranger Than Kindness Sugar Sugar Sugar Sugar Sugar Sugar - Dulce Dulce Dulce (spanish Ver... Sunday's Slave Sunday's Slave - Esclavos Del Domingo (spanish Ver... Supernaturally Swampland Sweetheart Come That's What Jazz Is To Me The Ballad Of Robert Moore And Betty Coltrane The Big Hurt The Briddle Path The Carnival Is Over The Carny The Dim Locator The Friend Catcher The Good Hun The Good Son The Good Son (Nick Cave Version) The Hammer Song The Kindness Of Strangers The Loom Of The Land The Lyre Of Orpheus The Mercy Seat The Mercy Seat - Santuario (spanish Version) The Moon Is In The Gutter The Ship Song The Singer The Six Strings That Drew Blood The Sorrowful Wife The Sweetest Embrace The Train Song The Weeping Song The Willow Garden The Witness Song There Is A Kingdom There Is A Light There Is a Town There She Goes, My Beautiful World Thirsty Dog Time Jesum Transeuntum Et Non Riverentum To Be By Your Side Today's Lesson Tower Of Song Train Long-suffering Truck Love Tupelo Tupelo Blues Tupelo Blues (Traditional Version) Up Jumped The Devil Up Jumped The Devil - Saltado El Demonio (spanish ... Viviane Vixo Wade In The Water Wade In The Water (Traditional Version) Wanted Man Watching Alice Watching Alice - Mirando A Alicia (spanish Version... We Call Upon The Author We Came Along This Road Well Of Misery West Country Girl What A Wonderful World What Can I Give You? When I First Came To Town Where Do We Go Now But Nowhere Where The Action Is Where The Wild Roses Grow Wife Wild World Wings Off Flies Wonderful Life Yard Young Hunting (Traditional Version) Young Hunting (tranditional version) Your Funeral... My Trial Zoo Music Girl