Say Goodbye To The Little Girl Lyrics & Chords By Nick Cave

O say goodbye to the little girl tree
O you know that I must say goodbye
To the little girl tree

This wall I built around you is made out of stone lies
O little girl the truth would be an axe in thee
Father look to your daughter, a brick of grief and stricken mortar
With this ring, this silver hoop of wire
I bind your maiden main stem just to keep you as a child

O say goodbye to the little girl tree
Yes you know that I must say goodbye
To my little girl tree

How fast your candy bones reached out for me
I must say goodbye to your brittle bones cryin' out for me
O you know that I must say goodbye
O goodbye, even though you will betray me
The very minute that I leave

O say goodbye to the little girl tree
O Lord you know that I must say goodbye
To that little girl tree

I rise up her girl child lumps and slippin' knots
Into your laden boughs and amongst her ropin' limbs
Like a swollen neck vein branchin' into smaller lesser veins
That must all just, just sing and say goodbye
And let her blossom veils fly

Her velvet gown down down down
Down down down down down down
Down down down down down down
Down down down down down down
Down down down down and goodbye
For you know that I must say goodbye

To a rhythm softly tortured
To a motion back and forth
That's a rhythm sweetly tortured
O that's the rhythm of the orchard

And you know that I must say goodbye
To that little girl tree
O goodbye

Yeah goodbye
For you know that I must die
Down down down down down down
Down down down down down down
Down down down down down down and goodbye

For you know that I must die
Yes, you know that I must die
O you know that I must die
Lord you know that I must die