I Do, Dear, I Do

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

I wish you happy Christmas, I do dear, I do
I wish for you the stars baby and I wish for you the moon-you can sit and you can drink your champagne
with your gibbering goon.
I hope he's being good to you-I do dear, I do

May no ill wind blow you way-whispered you will keep sake up there in there litter babe, with your
ivory and ape(?)
things down here are fragmented, frankly they've(?)
exploded all over the room. I think everything's a little off center babe, I do dear, I do

You said that to love me you must set me free, ah,
That may all be very well. Still I miss you baby more than words can really tell. Sometimes I cannot sleep, the greatness of my hate for you. Sometimes I cannot sleep- for I miss you. May your day be as bright as the Ivories(?). The girl that I once knew. May your sun be a happy yellow and your sky be baby blue. I miss your manic streches and your howling at the moon, ten steps behind me, with your dust pan and broom.

I hope you wish for me all the things I wish for you. Health hope and happiness, the sun and the moon.
Say hello to the one who really don't have a clue.
I'll be calling you soon, I think I love you, I do dear, I do



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    its about a man who broke up with a woman, and she's with another dude, but he's wishing her the best obviously in the festive season, i think thats a trigger for this song - as in that season you wish to be with your loved ones he hates her for them not being together, but he still loves her and he is caught between the two feelings

    "i miss your manic scratching, and your howling at the moon" best lyric,, can't seem to get over it

    cintaon November 07, 2008   Link

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