Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Hand of God

There are some people

trying to find out who

There are some people

trying to find out why

There are some people who

aren't trying to find anything

But that kingdom in the sky,

in the sky

 

I'm going to the river where

the current rushes by

I'm going to the river where

the current rushes by

I'm gonna swim to the middle,

where the water is real high

 

Hand of God coming

from thе sky

Hand of God coming

from the sky

Gonna swim to the middle and

stay out thеrе a while

Way down low,

way down low

Let the river cast

its spell on me

Let the river cast

its spell on me

 

(Hand of God, hand of God,

hand of God, hand of God

Ooh (Hand of God, hand of God,

hand of God, hand of God)

 

Singing boy sitting

on the bridge

Singing boy sitting

on the bridge

Throwing pennies off the edge,

peasants working in the fields

Keep their heads way down low,

way down low

 

Don't want to let on what they know

(hand of God, hand of God, hand of God)

Way down low, way down low

(hand of God, hand of God, hand of God)

 

Grab those pennies,

count them, ten

Grab those pennies,

count them, ten

Hand of God, never

come back up again

Let the river cast

its spell on me

 

(Hand of God, hand of God,

hand of God)

Ooh (Hand of God, hand of God,

hand of God)

 

Near a body of water flowing

across the bed

Near a body of water spread

across the hotel bed

Gonna swim to the middle,

never come up again

 

Let the river cast

its spell on me

Let the river cast

its spell on me

 

(Hand of God, hand of God,

hand of God, hand of God)

Ooh (Hand of God, hand of God,

hand of God, hand of God)

 

I'm going to the river where

the current rushes by

I'm going to the river where

the current rushes by

 

Gonna swim to the middle

Stay out there a while

(hand of God, hand of God, hand of God)

Let the river cast

its spell on me