The Curse of Millhaven Lyrics
And it's small and it's mean and it's cold
But if you come around just as the sun goes down
You can watch the whole thing turn to gold
It's around about then that I used to go a-roaming
La la la la
La la la lie
All God's children they all gotta die
I'm closing in on my fifteenth year
And if you think that you've seen a pair of eyes more green
Then you sure haven't see them around here
Well my hair is yellow and I'm always a-combing
La la la la
La la la lie
My mama often told me that we all got to die
How last Christmas Bill Blake's little boy didn't come home
They found him the next week up in One Mile Creek
With his head bashed in and his pockets full of stones
Well, just imagine all the wailing and moaning
La la la la
La la la lie
Even Bill Blake's boy, he had to die
Found nailed to his door his prize-winning terrier
The next day the old fool brought little Biko to school
And we all had to watch as he buried her
Well his eulogy to Biko had all the tears a-flowing
La la la la
La la la lie
Even God's little creatures, they have to die
A lot of people were saying things that made little sense
The next thing you know the head of Handyman Joe
Was found in the fountain of the Mayor's residence
Foul play can really get a small town going
La la la la
La la la lie
Even God's children all have to die
Was stabbed but the job was not complete
Well the last thing she said before the cops pronounced her dead
Was, "My killer is Loretta and she lives across the street!"
Twenty cops burst through my door without even phoning
La la la la
La la la lie
The young ones and the old ones, they all gotta die
I've struck horror in the heart of this town
Like my eyes ain't green and my hair ain't yellow
It's more like the other way around
I got a pretty little mouth underneath all the foaming
La la la la
La la la lie
Sooner or later we all gotta die
was evil
That if bad was a boot that I'd fit it
That I'm a wicked young lady, but I've been trying hard lately
Oh, fuck it! I'm a monster! I admit it!
It makes me so mad my blood really starts a-going
La la la la
La la la lie
Mama always told me that we all gotta die
Did the handyman with his circular saw in his garden shed
But I never crucified little Biko, that was
two junior high school psychos
Stinky Bohoon and his friend with the pumpkin-sized head
I'll sing to the lot, now you got me going
La la la la
La la la lie
All God's children have all gotta die
You assumed were accidents, best forgotten
Recall the children who broke through the ice on Lake Tahoo?
Everyone assumed the Warning signs had
followed them to the bottom
Well, they're underneath the house where I do quite a bit
of stowing
La la la la
La la la lie
Even twenty little children, they had to die
There was the biggest shit-fight this country's ever seen
Insurance companies ruined, landlords getting sued
All cause of wee girl with a can of gasoline
Those flames really roared when the wind started blowing
La la la la
La la la lie
Rich man, poor man, they all got to die
trial
I was laughing when they took me away
Off to the asylum in an old black Mariah
It ain't home, but you know, it's better than jail
It ain't such bad old place to have a home in
La la la la
La la la lie
All God's children they all gotta die
with their endless Rorschach tests
I keep telling them they're out to get me
They ask me if I feel remorse and I answer, "Why of course!
There is so much more I could have done if they'd let me!"
So it's Rorschach and Prozac and everything is groovy
La la la la
La la la lie
All God's children they all have to die
La la la lie
I'm happy as a lark and everything is fine
La la la lie
Yeah, everything is groovy and everything is fine
La la la la
La la la lie
All God's children they gotta die
I love this song, the happy tune. the lalala's and the sadistic lyrics! bol "They ask me if I feel remorse and I answer, "Why of course! There is so much more I could have done if they'd let me!"
That's my favorite lyric too. lol
That's my favorite lyric too. lol
God, I love how he's this old rock star man singing from the point of view of a fifteen year old female serial killer. Hysteria?!
I love the sudden jump in the course of events when he inverts the colours of eyes and hair. Brilliant, gives an unexpected and perfect portrait of the now revealed killer. The "pretty mouth underneath all the foaming" is a powerful image. This Cave guy is a master at what he does.
Foul play can really get a small town going :-D great !
This song is just too funny. I don't think it must be taken too seriously...just read the lyrics.
To xdvr, I know what you mean. When I first heard the song, I thought to myself 'The melody sounds a lot like Henry Lee' and when the La's came in, I came to the conclusion that it had to be connected, or at least purposefully done.
happybecause - i thought exactly the same thing the first time i heard this song. i agree, it feels like she speeding up the inevitable by killing the people - "it's going to happen anyway, right?" xdvr and sam walton - yeah, i definitely see a connection between this song and 'henry lee'. but if it is the same girl, she must have been released from the asylum some years later, seemingly 'normal'. but when 'henry lee' happened, this 'thirst' for murder resurfaced.
some times I listen to this song just to hear Nick Cave say groovy. He he. But that's not my favorite part. The Lines "I gotta pretty little mouth underneath all the foamin'" and "Aw fuck it I'm a monster I admit it" hit me hard
This album has a lot of great songs, and this is definitely one of the best. I love the fact that she didn't actually kill little Biko - and that she refuses to take credit for it - whether she believes that is an unethical think to do against fellow murders or whether its because she believes its simply beneath - i prefer the latter - it fits her character better.
I'm not in front of the lyric booklet - but i think it should be weevil - which is a little beetle - weavil, i don't know what weavil is - i don't think it's a word. I may be wrong though - either way, i think that's my favorite line.
No hidden meanings here, just a straightforward, violent and lyrical holocaust of a ballad from cave again - noboby tells a story like him.
I think the underlying message behind the "we all got to die" is Cave implying that, apart from being a full-blown psycho, the reason Loretta is doing all the killings is because she misinterpreted what her mother meant when she kept saying that. Like, she meant it in a "we will all die in the end, can't be prevented" way, Loretta took it as "we all HAVE to die".