Tender Prey is the fifth studio album by Australian rock band Nick Cave and… Read Full Bio ↴Tender Prey is the fifth studio album by Australian rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released on 19 September 1988 on Mute Records. Produced by Flood, the album was recorded during several sessions over the course of four months in West Berlin—where the band were based at the time of its release—and London and dedicated to Fernando Ramos da Silva.
The album opens with frontman Nick Cave's signature song, "The Mercy Seat," which has been subsequently played at almost all of the band's live performances since 1988, and was later covered by one of Cave's influences, Johnny Cash, on American III: Solitary Man (2000). "The Mercy Seat" was released as a single in May 1988 prior to the album's release and "Deanna" was released in September. On the CD version, the video mix of "The Mercy Seat" is also included as the last track.
The album opens with frontman Nick Cave's signature song, "The Mercy Seat," which has been subsequently played at almost all of the band's live performances since 1988, and was later covered by one of Cave's influences, Johnny Cash, on American III: Solitary Man (2000). "The Mercy Seat" was released as a single in May 1988 prior to the album's release and "Deanna" was released in September. On the CD version, the video mix of "The Mercy Seat" is also included as the last track.
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Tender Prey
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Lyrics
City of Refuge You better run You better run You better run and…
Deanna Oh Deanna Oh Deanna Oh Deanna Oh Deanna Oh Deanna Well, you …
Mercy I stood in the water In the middle month of winter My…
New Morning One morn I awakened A new sun was rising The sky was…
Slowly Goes the Night Darling, that morning you chose to go I awoke in my…
Sugar Sugar Sugar Sugar, Sugar, Sugar That man is bad The road he drives you…
Sunday's Slave Sunday's got a slave Monday has got one too Sunday's got a…
The Mercy Seat It began when they come took me from my home And…
Up Jumped the Devil Oh my, oh my What a wretched life I was born on…
Watching Alice Alice wakes It is morning She is yawning As she walks about …
We also have lyrics for these tracks by Nick Cave:
City of Refuge You better run You better run You better run and…
Deanna Oh Deanna Oh Deanna Oh Deanna Oh Deanna Oh Deanna Well, you …
Mercy I stood in the water In the middle month of winter My…
The Mercy Seat It began when they come took me from my home And…
Up Jumped the Devil Oh my, oh my What a wretched life I was born on…
We also have lyrics for these tracks by the Bad Seeds:
The Mercy Seat It began when they come took me from my home And…