Ship Song

Many years ago, back in Ireland, I had the great pleasure of hanging out with one of the Bad Seeds while working at the Chameleon restaurant in Dublin. It happened that one of the managers, Annie, was buddies with them back in Australia and they came to visit Ireland. It was a great experience as we got to hang out and chat about life, love, music, etc. (while partying like rock stars.) and tonight I came across this tune in my collection and was reminded of it all.
I also remember making a cross country trip (Dublin to Cork) with my mate Brian after a hectic night out. We wanted to get to see Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds play at a charity gig and so we set out (after about 6 hours sleep) and hitchhiked a 4 hour journey in about 8 hours! Eventually we got there and managed to buy tickets outside the show and got in just in time to see them come on stage. Much to our despair they only played about 3 songs. Needless to say it was a great disappointment but in hindsight its not necessarily the music you get to hear but the experience that you go through to hear that song.

This is one of the greatest love songs ever written.

Come sail your ships around me
And burn your bridges down
We make a little history, baby
Every time you come around

Come loose your dogs upon me
And let your hair hang down
You are a little mystery to me
Every time you come around

We talk about it all night long
We define our moral ground
But when I crawl into your arms
Everything comes tumbling down

Come sail your ships around me
And burn your bridges down
We make a little history, baby
Every time you come around

Your face has fallen sad now
For you know the time is nigh
When I must remove your wings
And you, you must try to fly

Come sail your ships around me
And burn your bridges down
We make a little history, baby
Every time you come around

Come loose your dogs upon me
And let your hair hang down
You are a little mystery to me
Every time you come around

Enough said.
Download 01_the_ship_song.mp3

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Comments

[Henry Peise]

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[CubikArubik]

Yep-Keith. Thats an amazing song also.
Cheers

[keith bohanna]

Gotta tell you that "Into My Arms" is better for me :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG0-cncMpt8

keith

[CubikArubik]

Cheers Jon.
Love your blog-just added it to my reads.

Cheers

[Jon]

It's a great song. I must have seen NC and the Bad Seeds about 4 times in the late 1980s and they were fantastic. Thanks for the story and the song.