Christina The Astonishing — Cave Nick

(l,m) Nick Cave (p) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds < Nick Cave: vocals, organ; Mick Harvey: rhythm guitar, vibes, percussion; Blixa Bargeld: guitar; Conway Savage: piano; Martyn Casey: bass; Thomas Wydler: drums, congas; The Bad Seeds: backing vocals; Mick Harvey & David Blumberg: string arrangements; Dennis Karmazyn: cello; Bruce Dukov, Barbara Porter: violins > Christina the Astonishing Lived a long time ago SHe was stricken with a seizure At the age of twenty-two They took her body in a coffin To a tiny church in Liege Where she sprang up from the coffin Just after the Agnus Dei She soared up to the rafters Perched on a beam up there Cried The stink of human sin Is more that I can bear Christina the Astonishing Was the most astonishing of all She prayed balanced on a hurdle Or curled up into a ball She fled to remote places Climbed towers and trees and walls To escape the stench of human corruption Into an oven she did crawl O Christina the Astonishing Behaved in a terrifying way She would run wildly through the streets Jump in the Meusse and swim away O Christina the Astonishing Behaved in terrifying manner Died at the age of seventy-four In the convent of St Anna