(These lyrics were originally from Andrew Marvick's
The Garden.)
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"Violin"
Never for Ever
Written by Kate Bush
- Four strings across the bridge,
- Ready to carry me over,
- Over the quavers, drunk in the bars,
- Out of the realm of the orchestra,
- Out of the realm of the orchestra.
- Filling me up with the shivers.
- Filling me up with the shivers and quivers.
- Filling me up with the shivers.
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- Get the bow going!
- Let it scream to me:
- Violin! Violin! Violin!
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- Get the bow going!
- Let it scream to me:
- Violin! Violin! Violin!
- Paganini up on the chimney,
- Lord of the dance,
- With Nero and old Nicky.
- Whack that devil
- Into my fiddlestick!
- Give me the Banshees for B.V.s,*
- Give me the Banshees for B.V.s.
- Jigging along with the fiddle, oh, Johnny.
- Jigging along with the fiddle-dee-dee.
- Jigging along with the fiddle, oh, Johnny.
- Jigging along with the fiddle-dee-diddle-dee-dee!
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- Get the bow going!
- Let it scream to me:
- Violin! Violin! Violin!
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- Get the bow going!
- Let it scream to me:
- Violin! Violin! Violin!
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- Get the bow going!
- Let it scream to me:
- Violin! Violin! Violin!
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- Get the bow going!
- Let it scream to me:
- Violin! Violin! Violin!
[*--"B.V.s": backing vocals.]
[Note: The lyrics of this song changed several times prior to its
inclusion on Never For Ever, although all of these changes were slight. Here is
the version which is heard on an early demo recording:]
- Four strings across the bridge,
- Ready to carry me over,
- Over the quavers, under the bars,
- Out of the realm of the orchestra,
- Out of the realm of the orchestra.
- Filling me up with the shivers.
- Filling me up with the shivers.
- Filling me up with the shivers.
-
- Get the bow going!
- Let it scream to me:
- Violin! Violin! Violin!
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- Get the bow going!
- Let it scream to me:
- Violin! Violin! Violin!
- Hear the haunting melody.
- Leave me enough for my country.
- Here in a wood, in a green story*
- Hearing the Banshee ridDLe.
- Hearing the Banshee ridDLe.
- And jigging along with the fiddle.
- Jigging along with the fiddle.
- Jigging along with the fiddle.
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- Get the bow going!
- Let it scream to me:
- Violin! Violin! Violin!
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- Get the bow going!
- Let it scream to me:
- Violin! Violin! Violin!
[*--"Here in a wood, in a green story": This might be "Hearing
a word in a green story." Also, during the Tour of Life Kate alternately
sang something like: "Here in a wood, in the green valley."]
©1980 Kate Bush Music/EMI Music Publ. Ltd.
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