What Can I Give You?

by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

From the album: B-Sides & Rarities

Track 19 of 56 on B-Sides & Rarities (2005).

Duration: 3:41

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Lyrics for What Can I Give You?

All my life I failed to see One good thing standing in front of me And the planets gravitate around you And the stars, the stars surround you And the angels in heaven adore you And the saints, the saints all stand and applaud you What can I give you? What can I give you in return? The shadow came creeping, a criminal That you chased, babe, from my life And sometimes when I'm sleeping I see him shuffle against the night Oh, he's waiting, yeah, he's waiting to return And each step I take Moves me one step below you And you must do in order to console me Help me, help me, help me, babe, reach down and collect me What can I give you? What can I give you in return? Galaxies collide, they shower down around you And I searched, I stumbled and then I found you In your robe, in your crown, reaching low, babe Reaching low down to the ground What can I give you? What can I give you in return? What can I give you? What can I give you in return?

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