Lyrics - Christina The Astonishing by Cave Nick

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Nick
Cave(p)
Nick
Cave &
The
Bad
Seeds <
Nick
Cave: vocals, organ;
Mick
Harvey: rhythm guitar, vibes, percussion;
Blixa
Bargeld: guitar;
Conway
Savage: piano;
Martyn
Casey: bass;
Thomas
Wydler: drums, congas;
The
Bad
Seeds: backing vocals;
Mick
Harvey &
David
Blumberg: string arrangements;
Dennis
Karmazyn: cello;
Bruce
Dukov,
Barbara
Porter: violins > (
Henry's
Dream [
Mute, 1992] )--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Christina the
Astonishing
Lived a long time ago
SHe was stricken with a seizure
At the age of twenty-two
They took her body in a coffin
To a tiny church in
Liege
Where she sprang up from the coffin
Just after the
Agnus
Dei
She soared up to the rafters
Perched on a beam up there
Cried "
The stink of human sin
Is more that
I can bear"
Christina the
Astonishing
Was the most astonishing of all
She prayed balanced on a hurdle
Or curled up into a ball
She fled to remote places
Climbed towers and trees and walls
To escape the stench of human corruption
Into an oven she did crawl
O
Christina the
Astonishing
Behaved in a terrifying way
She would run wildly through the streets
Jump in the
Meusse and swim away
O
Christina the
Astonishing
Behaved in terrifying manner
Died at the age of seventy-four
In the convent of
St
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