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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 93 01:28 MET
From: uli@zoodle.robin.de (Ulrich
Grepel)
Subject: The Red Shoes - lyrics and credits
Non-album tracks
All titles published by Kate Bush Music Ltd.
With Thanks To:
Ma, Pa, Paddy, John, Lily, Haydn Bendall, Lisa Bradley, Hilary Sheffield, Stewart Arnold, Suzy Millais, Steve Sidwell, Shirley Parks, Phil Griffin, Laura Connor, Michael Powell, Danny McIntosh, Ken Townsend, Jim Jones, Anthony Yacomine, Garry Robson, Simon Quill, Alan Cundell, Gary Briley, Michael Skipwith, Deike Rich, Joe Boyd, Therese Stoulil, Malcolm Clark, Joseph Campbell, Mark Wilkinson & Del
All songs written by Kate Bush
Eric Clapton appears courtesy of Reprise Records
Prince appears courtesy of Warner Brothers/Paisley Park Records
Jeff Beck appears courtesy of Epic Records
Colin Lloyd-Tucker appears courtesy of Humbug Records
The Trio Bulgarka appears courtesy of Hannibal Records
Produced by Kate Bush
Recorded and mixed by Del Palmer
Orchestral Arrangements by Michael Kamen
Recorded at Abbey Road Studio Number One
Engineered by Haydn Bendall
Trio Bulgarka Vocal Arrangements by Demetr Penev
Bulgarian Interpreter: Boromira Nedeva
French Interpreter: Sir Ali
Fairlight programmed by Del Palmer
Digital Consultant: Ian Sylvester
Maintenance: EFM
Mastered by Ian Cooper
Photography: John Carder Bush / Kindlight
Sleeve Design and Artwork: Peacock Marketing & Design
Lyrics reproduced by kind permission of the publisher
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 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
Split me open
With devotion
You put your hands in
and rip
my heart out
at 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 guava?
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
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 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
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 sacred 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
You can
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
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
Thes 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....
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
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
Put 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
Put 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
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
(background something said during following lyrics and begining of next set as well)
Oh my God it's a jungle in here
ou'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
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?
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?... 4'49 first "Sugar"
Honey?... 4'57 "Honey"
Sugar?... 5'04 second "Sugar"
5'13 cry "Whayee-ee-eeahagh"
[Whaaaat are you doing ??]
5'23 "Treacle" [?], in a
much lower voice.
From: "Bradley N. Hutchinson" <bhutchin@vdoe386.vak12ed.edu>
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 94 15:41:53 EST
Subject: Show A Little Devotion
I'm not sure if anyone has done this yet so I did it. Below are the lyrics to SALD as well as I can make them out. The lines and question marks show the words I can't make out. HELP? Any suggestions, revisions etc would be greatly appreciated.
brad
[this song appears on singles only --WIE]
Everything that you wanted
Everything that you love
Yeah
Will run away from you
Everything that you care for
Yeah - yeah
Show a little devotion
In my _________________????? [No idea, ends with 'devotion']
No, the minute I saw your face
Is there anything that I can do?
Anything at all?
You'd tell me about it won't you?
Any way that I
can help?
Just tell me about it
Won't you
So that I can do it
Anything at all
Just tell me what it is that
you want
Then I can do it
Everything has an ending
And Everything
has a tale to wag
-YEAH
ANSWER ME love [here I'm sure]
Everyone has a right to that
Yeah, oh yeah, yeah
Show me a
little devotion
GIVE/GET ALL MY DEVOTION ????? [not sure]
I don't worry
about IT AT ALL ????? [not sure]
And you know the minute I saw your face
Hey
Is there anything THAT I can do? ['That' missing]
Anything
at all?
You'd tell me about it won't you?
IS THERE ANY WAY THAT I
can help ['Is there' mumbled]
Just tell me what it is
Then I can do it
Anything at all
Just tell me what it is that you want
Then I can do it
Anything at all
Just put the words together for
me
Then I can do it
Anything at all
Just tell me what it is
that you want
Then I can do it
From: pptjc@vaxk.bton.ac.uk (It's in the trees... It's coming...)
Date: Tue, 3 May 1994 14:57:20 GMT
Subject: You Want Alchemy
[this song appears on singles only]
What a lovely afternoon
On a cloudbusting kind of day.
We took
our own 'Mystery Tour'
And got completely lost somewhere up in the hills.
And we came up on a bee-keeper,
And he said "Did you know they
can change it all?"
You want alchemy.
They turn the roses into gold
They turn the
lilac into honey
They're making love for the peaches.
And we're thinking,
"Who is this guy?"
"Is he
some kind of nut or what?".
He said, "I don't meet many people..",
"I'm very busy
with the hives.".
ZzzzZzzzz.. Sun's gone down..
"When's my
cloud of bees coming home?".
They got alchemy.
They turn the roses into gold
They turn the
lilac into honey
They're making love for the peaches.
And they'll do it,
Do it for you.
They'll do it,
Do it for
you.
"And if you see them, send 'em right on home to me"
(what they gonna do...?)
They got Aaaaaaaa..
Turn the roses into gold.
And they'll do it
for you
Do it for you (what they gonna do...?)
I'll tell Yaaaaaa...
Making love for the peaches. (what they gonna do...?)
Daaaaaamaaaaakiiiiindaaaaa honey.
(they do it for you)
They do it for you.
And why not...?
They bring me so much pleasure.
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 1994 21:28:00 +0100
From: uli@zoodle.RoBIN.de
(Ulrich Grepel)
Subject: Home For Christmas
Here are the 'official' lyrics to Home For Christmas, as hand written by Kate in the latest KBC newsletter.
[this song appears on singles only]
You know that I'll be waiting
To hear your footsteps saying
That
you'll be coming home for Christmas.
Please say you won't forget me
That every moment's emtpy
But
only 'til you're coming home for Christmas.
If I only had wings
Then I would fly to you
Through all the
snowy weather
We'd be together ---
No-one makes me feel the way you
do.
You know that I'll be waiting
To hear your footsteps saying
That
you'll be coming home,
Home for Christmas.
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