The Ballad of Robert Moore and Betty Coltrane Lyrics

Lyric discussion by StickityWicket 

Cover art for The Ballad of Robert Moore and Betty Coltrane lyrics by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

I drives me nuts that this song is a "B-SIDE" considering how awesome it is. How this is excluded from "Murder Ballads" in lieu of such songs a "The Kindness of Strangers" or "Lovely Creature" or "Crow Jane" i'll never understand. Maybe it was too similar to "Stagger Lee" and "O'Malley's Bar." I wouldn't have minded at all personally.

This is sort of a silly song for "songmeanings.net" but hell, shouldn't every ballad be - just tell the story move on the the next one. And this ballad tells it with such descriptive flair and instrumental ruckus - it's impossible not to love this song.