Nobodyʼs Baby Now Songtext
von Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

I′ve searched the Holy Books
I tried to unravel the mystery of Jesus Christ, the Saviour
I've read the poets and the analysts
Searched through the books on human behavior

I traveled this world around
For an answer that refused to be found
I don′t know why and I don't know how
But she's nobody′s baby now

I loved her then and I guess I love her still
Hers is the face I see when a certain mood moves in
She lives in my blood and skin, her wild feral stare, her dark hair
Her winter lips as cold as stone, yeah, I was her man


But there are some things love won′t allow
I held her hand but I don't hold it now
I don′t know why and I don't know how
But she′s nobody's baby now

Now, this is her dress that I loved best
With the blue quilted violets across the breast
And these are my many letters torn to pieces
By her long-fingered hand, I was her cruel-hearted man

And though I′ve tried to lay her ghost down
For she's moving through me, even now
I don't know why and I don′t know how
But she′s nobody's baby now

She′s nobody's baby now
Nobody′s baby now
She's nobody′s baby now