Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: The Abattoir Blues Tour Brixton Academy, London - Thursday, 11 November 2004

HIDING ALL AWAY

You went looking for me, dear,

Down by the sea

You found some little silver fish

But you didn’t find me

I was hiding, dear, hiding all away

I was hiding, dear, hiding all away

You went to the museum

You climbed a spiral stair

You searched for me all among

The knowledgeable air

I was hidden, babe, hiding all away

I was hidden, dear, hiding all away

You entered the cathedral

When you heard the solemn knell

I was not sitting with the gargoyles

I was not swinging from the bell

I was hiding, dear, I was hiding all away

I was hiding, dear, I was hiding all away

You asked an electrician

If he’d seen me round his place

He touched you with his fingers

Sent sparks zapping out your face

I was hidden, dear, hiding all away

I was not there, dear, hiding all away

You went and asked your doctor

To get some advice

He shot you full of Pethidine

And then he billed you twice

But I was hiding, dear, hiding all away

But I was hiding, dear, hiding all away

You approached a high court judge

You thought he’d be on the level

He wrapped a rag around your face

And beat you with his gavel

I was hiding, babe, hiding all away

I was hidden, dear, hiding all away

You asked at the local constabulary

They said, he’s up to his same old tricks

They leered at you with their baby blues

And rubbed jelly on their sticks

I had to get out of there, babe, hiding all away

I had to get out of there, dear, hiding all away

You searched through all my poets

From Sappho through to Auden

I saw the book fall from your hands

As you slowly died of boredom

I had been there, dear,

but I was not there anymore

I had been there, now I’m hiding all way

You walked into the hall of fame

And approached my imitators

Some were stuffing their faces with caviar

Some were eating cold potatoes

I was hiding, dear, hiding all away

I was hiding, dear, hiding all away

You asked a famous cook if he’d seen me

He opened his oven wide

He basted you with butter, babe

And made you crawl inside

I was not in there, dear, hiding all away

I was not in there, dear, hiding all away

Brixton Academy, London - Thursday, 11 November 2004 Tracklist: Hiding All Away - 00:00 Messiah Ward - 06:07 Easy Money - 11:20 Supernaturally - 18:08 The Lyre of Orpheus - 23:35 Babe, You Turn Me On - 28:06 Nature Boy - 33:00 Get Ready for Love - 36:32 Carry Me - 41:40 There She Goes, My Beautiful World - 46:25 God Is in the House - 52:42 Red Right Hand - 57:43 The Ship Song - 01:03:37 Stagger Lee - 01:07:39 Personnel: Nick Cave – vocals, piano Martyn P. Casey – bass Warren Ellis – violin, mandolin, bouzouki, flute Mick Harvey – guitars, bouzouki James Johnston - organ, guitar Conway Savage – piano Jim Sclavunos – drums and percussion Thomas Wydler – drums and percussion Geo Onaymake - backing vocals Eleanor Palmer - backing vocals Wendi Rose - backing vocals