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Returning to the shores of Lake Geneva this July, the Swiss festival marks its 60th edition.
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"Hard On For Love" is a track by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, from the album Your Funeral... My Trial, released 3rd November 1986. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 2 articles about Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.
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[Verse 1] It is for she that the cherry bleeds That the moon is steeped in milk and blood That I steal like a robber From her altar of love O money lender! O cloven gender! I am the fiend hid in her skirts And it's as hot as hell in here Coming at her as I am from above [Chorus] Hard on for love, hard on for love Hard on for love, hard on for love [Verse 2] Well, I swear I seen that girl before Like she walked straight outta the book of Leviticus But they can stone me with stones I don't care Just as long as I can get to kiss Those gypsy lips! Gypsy lips! My aim is to hit this Miss And I'm moving in (I'm moving in) Coming at her like Lazarus from above [Chorus] Yeah, hard on for love, hard on for love Hard on for love, hard on for love [Verse 3] The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want But he leadeth me like a lamb to the lips Of the mouth of the valley of the shadow of death I am his rod and his staff I am his sceptre and shaft And she is heaven and hell At whose gates I ain't been delivered I'm gonna give the gates a shove Hard on for love, hard on for love Hard on for love, hard on for love [Verse 4] And her breasts rise and fall Breast rise and fall Breast rise and fall Breast rise and fall Breast rise and fall Breast rise and fall Breast rise and fall Breast rise and fall And just when I'm about to get my hands on her Just when I'm about to get my hands on her Just when I'm about to get my hands on her Just when I'm about to get my hands on her You are beautiful! O dove! [Chorus] Hard on for love, hard on for love Hard on for love, hard on for love Hard on for love, hard on for love Hard on for love, hard on for love Just when I'm about to get my hands on her Just when I'm about to get my hands on her Just when I'm about to get my hands on her Just when I'm about to get my hands on her Her breasts rise and fall Her breasts rise and fall Her breasts rise and fall Her breasts rise and fall Her breasts rise and fall Her breasts rise and fall Her breasts rise and fall Her breasts rise and fall Hard on for love, hard on for love Hard on for love, hard on for love Just when I'm about to get my hands on her Just when I'm about to get my hands on her Just when I'm about to get my hands on her Just when I'm about to get my hands on her Just when I'm about to get my hands on her Just when I'm about to get my hands on her
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Fan presale begins 25th September, with general tickets available the next day.