Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Christina The Astonishing
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Chris
ti
na
the
As
to
ni
shing
40
Lived
a
long,
long
time
a
go
110
She
was
stri
cken
with
a
sei
zure
201
At
the
age
of
twen
ty-
two
~
~
~
~
279
They
took
her
bo
dy
in
a
cof
fin
389
To
a
ti
ny
church
in
Li
~
~ege
480
Where
she
sprang
up
from
the
cof
fin
583
Just
af
ter
the
A
gnus
De
~
~
~
~
~i
672
She
soared
up
to
the
raf
ters
781
Perched
on
a
beam
up
the
~
~
~
~re
877
Cried
’The
stink
of
hu
man
sin
966
The
stink
of
hu
man
sin
997
The
stink
is
more
that
I
can
bea
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~r’
1098
And
I
said
1163
Oh,
oh
1223
Oh,
oh,
oh,
oh,
oh,
oh,
oh
1288
Oh,
oh
1350
Oh,
oh,
oh,
oh,
oh
1382
Oh,
oh,
oh,
oh
1484
Chris
ti
na
the
As
to
ni
shing
1577
Was
the
most
as
to
ni
shing
of
a
~
~
~
~ll
1666
She
prayed
ba
lanced
on
a
hur
dle
1734
Or
curled
up
in
to
a
ba
~
~
~
~
~ll
1818
She
fled
to
re
mote
pla
ces
1937
Climbed
to
wers
and
trees
and
wa
~
~
~
~lls
2030
To
es
cape
the
stench
of
cor
rup
tion
2122
The
stench
of
hu
man
cor
rup
tion
2158
In
to
an
o
ven
she
did
cra
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~wl
2256
And
I
said
2323
Oh,
oh
oh
2386
Oh,
oh,
oh,
oh,
oh,
oh
2434
Oh,
oh
2480
Oh,
oh
2515
Oh,
oh,
oh
2537
Oh,
oh,
oh,
oh,
oh,
oh
2664
Chris
ti
na
the
As
to
ni
shing
2745
Be
haved
in
a
ter
ri
fy
ing
wa
~
~
~
~
~
~y
2835
She’d
run
wil
dly
through
the
streets
2937
Jump
in
the
Meusse
and
swim
a
wa
~
~
~
~
~y
3017
Chris
ti
na
the
As
to
ni
shing
3134
Be
haved
in
a
ter
ri
fy
ing
man
ne
~
~
~
~r
3224
She
died
at
the
age
of
se
ven
ty-
four
3323
Died
at
the
age
of
se
ven
ty-
four
3359
In
the
con
vent
of
Saint
An
na
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
3465
And
I
said
3518
Oh,
oh
3583
Oh,
oh,
oh,
oh,
oh,
oh,
oh
3647
Oh,
oh,
3707
Oh,
oh,
oh,
oh,
oh,
oh
3759
Oh,
oh,
oh
oh
3830
Oh,
oh,
oh,
oh,
oh,
oh,
3885
Oh,
oh,
oh
oh,
oh,
oh,
oh