Kate Bush
The Red Shoes 1993
Rubberband Girl See those trees Bend in the wind I feel they've got a lot more sense than me You see I try to resist A rubberband bouncing back to life A rubberband bend the beat If I could learn to give like a rubberband I'd be back on my feet A rubberband hold me trousers up A rubberband ponytails If I could learn to twang like a rubberband I'd be a rubberband girl A rubberband girl me A rubberband girl me Oh I wanna be a rubberband girl When I slip out Of my catapult I gotta land with my feet firm on the ground And let my body catch up A rubberband bouncing back to life A rubberband bend the heat If I could learn to give like a rubberband I'd be back on my feet A rubberband hold me trousers up A rubberband ponytails If I could learn to twang like a rubberband I'd be a rubberband girl A rubberband girl me A rubberband girl me Oh I wanna be a rubberband girl Give like a rubberband Twang like a rubberband Snap like a rubberband Rub-a-dub-a-dub-a-dub Rub-a-dub-a-dub Rub-a-dub One rubberband won't keep you up Two rubberbands won't keep you up Three rubberbands won't keep you up Here I go......(adlib) ... Yeah! One rubberband won't keep you up Two rubberbands won't keep you up Three rubberbands won't keep you up
And So Is Love And you huh? You do huh? We let it in We give it out And in the end What's it all about? It must be love I give you my I give you my You give me your You give me your joy We used to say "Ah Hell, we're young" But now we see that life is sad And so is love Ooh baby live your life for love Ooh baby live your life for love We used to say "Ah Hell, we're young" But now we see that life is sad And so is love Ooh baby for the sake of love Ooh baby for the sake of love And whatever happens What really matters? It's all we've got Isn't that enough? Life is sad and so is love You let it slip You let it slip I love you more I love you more for it Life is sad and so is love All for love Just for the sake of love You set me free I set you free
Eat The Music Split me open With devotion You put your hands in And rip my heart out Eat the music Does he conceal What he really feels? He's a woman at heart And I love him for that Let's split him open Like a pomegranate Insides out All is revealed Not only women bleed Take the stone out Of the mango You put it in your mouth And pull a plum out Take a papaya You like a guava? Grab a banana And a sultana Rip them to pieces With sticky fingers Split the banana Crush the sultana Split 'em open With devotion You put your hands in And rip their hearts out Like a pomegranate Insides out He's a woman at heart And love him for that Take a papaya You like a guavva? Grab a banana And a sultana Rip 'em to pieces With sticky fingers Split the banana Crush the sultana All emotion And with devotion You put your hands in What ya thinking? What am I singing? A song of seeds The food of love Eat the music
Moments Of Pleasure Some moments that I've had Some moments of pleasure I think about us lying Lying on a beach somewhere I think about us diving Diving off a rock, into another moment The case of George the Wipe Oh God I can't stop laughing This sense of humour of mine It isn't funny at all Oh but we sit up all night Talking about it Just being alive It can really hurt And these moments given Are a gift from time On a balcony in New York It's just started to snow He meets us at the lift Like Douglas Fairbanks Waving his walking stick But he isn't well at all The buildings of New York Look just like mountains through the snow Just being alive It can really hurt And these moments given Are a gift from time Just let us try To give these moments back To those we love To those who will survive And I can hear my mother saying "Every old sock meets an old shoe" Isn't that a great saying? "Every old sock meets an old shoe" Here come the Hills of Time Hey there Maureen, Hey there Bubba, Dancing down the aisle of a plane, 'S Murph, playing his guitar refrain, Hey there Teddy, Spinning in the chair at Abbey Road, Hey there Michael, Do you really love me? Hey there Bill, Could you turn the lights up?
The Song Of Solomon The Song of Solomon The song of everyone Who walks the path Of the solitary heart The soul cries out Hear a woman singing Don't want your bullshit, yeah Just want your sexuality Don't want excuses, yeah Write me your poetry in motion Write it just for me, yeah And sing it with a kiss Mmm, just take any line "Comfort me with apples For I am sick of love His left hand is under my head And his right hand Doth embrace me" This is the Song of Solomon Here's a woman singing Don't want your bullshit, yeah Just want your sexuality Don't want your excuses, yeah Write me your poetry in motion Write it just for me, yeah And sign it with a kiss And I'll do it for you I'll be the Rose of Sharon for you I'll do it for you I'll be the Lily of the Valley for you I'll do it for you I'll be Isolde or Marion for you I'll do it for you Ooh I'll come in a hurricane for you I'll do it for you A wop bam boom Don't want your bullshit, yeah Just want your sexuality
Lily Oh thou, who givest sustenance to the universe From whom all things proceed To whom all things return Unveil to us the face of the true spiritual sun Hidden by a disc of golden light That we may know the truth And do our whole duty As we journey to thy sacret feet Well I said "Lily, Oh Lily I don't feel safe I feel that life has blown a great big hole Through me" And she said "Child, you must protect yourself I'll show you how with fire" Gabriel before me Raphael behind me Michael to my right Uriel on my left side In the circle of fire I said "Lily, Oh Lily I'm so afraid I fear I am walking in the Veil of Darkness" And she said "Child, take what I say With a pinch of salt And protect yourself with fire" Gabriel before me Raphael behind me Michael to my right Uriel on my left side In the circle of fire
The Red Shoes Oh she move like the Diva do I said "I'd love to dance like you." She said "just take off my red shoes Put them on and your dream'll come true With no words, with no song You can dance the dream with your body on And this curve, is your smile And this cross, is your heart And this line, is your path Oh it's gonna be the way you always thought it would be But it's gonna be no illusion Oh it's gonna be the way you always dreamt about it But it's gonna be really happening to ya Really happening to ya Really happening to ya" Oh the minute I put them on I knew I had done something wrong All her gifts for the dance had gone It's the red shoes, they can't stop dancing, dancing And this curve, is your smile And this cross, is your heart And this line, is your path "Oh it's gonna be the way you always thought it would be But it's gonna be no illusion Oh it's gonna be the way you always dreamt about it But it's gonna be really happening to ya" She gotta dance, she gotta dance And she can't stop 'till them shoes come off These shoes do, a kind of voodoo They're gonna make her dance 'till her legs fall off Feel your hair come tumbling down Feel your feet start kissing the ground Feel your arms are opening out And see your eyes are lifted to God With no words, with no song I'm gonna dance the dream And make the dream come true I'm gonna dance the dream And make the dream come true She gotta dance, she gotta dance And she can't stop 'till them shoes come off These shoes do, a kind of voodoo They're gonna make her dance 'till her legs fall off Call a doctor, call a priest They're gonna whip her up like a helicopter Really happening to ya Really happening to ya You gotta dance....
Top Of The City One more step to the top of the city Where just a couple of pigeons are living Up on the angel's shoulders I don't know if I'm closer to Heaven but It looks like Hell down there These streets have never been paved with gold Welcome to the loneliest city in the world It's no good for you baby It's no good for you now Keep looking up for the ladder I don't know if you'll love me for it But I don't think we should suffer this There's just one thing we can do about it Take me up to the top of the city Take me up to the top of the city Take me up to the top of the city And put me up on the angel's shoulders See how that building there is nearly built There's a big fire over on the north of the city I see you walking down the street with her I see your lights going on and off She's no good for you baby She's no good for you now Look I'm here with the ladder I don't know if you love me or not But I don't think we should ever suffer There's just one thing we can do about this Take me up to the top of the city Take me up to the top of the city Up to the highest point of the city One more step to the top of the city Put me up on the angel's shoulders And I don't mind if it's dangerous I don't mind if it's raining Take me up to the top of the city And put me up on the angel's shoulders Take me up to the top of the city Mmm yes, one more step to the top of the city And put me up on the angel's shoulders
Constellation Of The Heart We take all the telescopes And we turn them inside out And we point them away from the big sky Put your eye right up to the glass, now And here we'll find the constellation of the heart Steer your life by these stars On the unconditional chance 'Tis here where Hell and Heaven dance This is the constellation of the heart We take all the telescopes And we turn them inside out And we point them away from the big sky APut your eye right up to the glass, now And here we'll find the constellation of the heart The constellation of the heart The constellation of the heart We take all the telescopes And we turn them inside out And we point them away from the big sky APut your eye right up to the glass, now And here we'll find the constellation of the heart The constellation of the heart The constellation of the heart Well we think you'd better wake up capt'n There's something happen'n up ahead We've never seen anything like it We've never seen anything like it before I want a full report That's it What do you mean, "That's it?" That's all you get You'd better do something 'bout it What am I supposed to do about it? We don't know, but you can't run away from it Maybe you'd better face it I can't do that C'mon face it! I can't do that C'mon, c'mon face it What am I gonna do? It is gonna hurt, it is gonna hurt me bad? Ooh here's the constellation of the heart Who said anything about it hurting? It's gonna be beautiful It's gonna be wonderful It's gonna be paradise (Just being alive, it can really hurt...) Ooh find me the man with the ladder And he might lift me up to the stars (Without the pain there'd be no learning Without the hurting we'd never change.) Oooh and if you see the woman with the key I hear she's opening up the doors to Heaven Oh and here comes the man with the stick He said he'd fish me out of the moon Ohoh here's the constellation of the heart It is the constellation of the heart Oh yes it is the constellation of the heart
Big Stripey Lie Oh big stripey lie moving Like a wavy line Coming up behind All young gentle dreams drowning In life's grief Can you hang on me? Don't want to hurt you baby I only want to help you I could be good for you Your name is being called by sacred things That are not addressed nor listened to Sometimes they blow trumpets Only want to help you Never want to hurt you I know I could be good for you Oh my God it's a jungle in here You've got wild animals loose in here Want to help you Never hurt you Good for you Hey all you little waves run away Mmm run away
Why Should I Love You This chapter says "Put it out of your mind" Mmm, give it time.... The fine purple The purest gold The red of the Sacred Heart The grey of a ghost The "L" of the lips are open To the "O" of the Host The "V" of the velvet Of all of the people in the world Why should I love you? There's just something 'bout you There's just something 'bout you Of all the people in the world Why should I love you? Have you ever seen a picture Of Jesus laughing? Mmm, do you think He had a beautiful smile? A smile that healed Of all the people in the world Why should I love you? There's just something 'bout you There's just something 'bout you Of all the people in the world Why should I love you? Of all the people in the world Why should I love you? The fine purple The purest gold The red of the Sacred Heart The grey of a ghost The "L" of the lips are open To the "O" of the Host The "V" of the velvet The "E" of my eye The eye in wonder The eye that sees The "I" that loves you Of all the people in the world Why should I love you?
You`re The One It's alright I'll come 'round when you're not in And I'll pick up all my things Everything I have I bought with you But that's alright too It's just everything I do We did together And there's a little piece of you In whatever I've got everything I need I've got petrol in the car I've got some money with me There's just one problem You're the only one I want You're the only one I want You're the only one I want You're the only one I want It's alright I know where I'm going I'm going to stay with my friend Mmm, yes, he is very good looking The only trouble is He's not you He can't do what you do He can't make me laugh and cry At the same time Let's change things Let's danger it up We're crazy enough I just can't take it You're the only one I want You're the only one I want You're the only one I want You're the only one I want I know where I'm going But I don't want to leave I just have one problem We're best friends, yeah? We tied ourselves in knots Doing cartwheels 'cross the floor Just forget it alright Sugar?... Honey?... Sugar?...