Kate Bush - The Whole Story

KATE BUSH

THE WHOLE STORY (1986)

  1. Wuthering Heights
  2. Cloudbusting
  3. The Man With The Child In His Eyes
  4. Breathing
  5. Wow
  6. Hounds Of Love
  7. Running Up That Hill
  8. Army Dreamers
  9. Sat In Your Lap
10. Experiment IV
11. The Dreaming
12. Babooshka

KATE BUSH

THE WHOLE STORY

1. WUTHERING HEIGHTS

Out on the wiley, windy moors
We'd roll and fall in green
You had a temper, like my jealousy
Too hot, too greedy
How could you leave me?
When I needed to possess you
I hated you, I loved you too

Bad dreams in the night
They told me I was going to lose the fight
Leave behind my wuthering, wuthering
Wuthering Heights

Heathcliff, it's me, Cathy, come home
I'm so cold, let me in-a-your window
Heathcliff, it's me, Cathy, come home
I'm so cold, let me in-a-your window

Oh, it gets dark, it gets lonely
On the other side from you
I pine a lot, I find the lot
Falls through without you
I'm coming back love, cruel Heathcliff
My only one dream, my only master

Too long I roam in the night
I'm coming back to his side to put it right
I'm coming home to wuthering, wuthering
Wuthering Heights

Heathcliff, it's me, Cathy, come home
I'm so cold, let me in-a-your window
Heathcliff, it's me, Cathy, come home
I'm so cold, let me in-a-your window

Oh, let me have it, let me grab your soul away
Oh, let me have it, let me grab your soul away
You know it's me, Cathy

Heathcliff, it's me, Cathy, come home
I'm so cold, let me in-a-your window
Heathcliff, it's me, Cathy, come home
I'm so cold, let me in-a-your window
Heathcliff, it's me, Cathy, come home
I'm so cold

Heathcliff, it's me, Cathy, come home
I'm so cold

Heathcliff, it's me, Cathy, come home
I'm so cold.

2. CLOUDBUSTING

I still dream of Organon
I wake up crying
You're making rain
And you're just in reach
When you and sleep escape me

You're like my yo-yo
That glowed in the dark
What made it special
Made it dangerous
So I bury it and forget

But every time it rains
You're here in my head
Like the sun coming out
Ooh, I just know that something good is gonna happen
I don't know when
But just saying it could even make it happen

On top of the world
Looking over the edge
You could see them coming
You looked too small
In their big black car
To be a threat to the men in power

I hid my yo-yo in the garden
I can't hide you from the government
Oh, God, daddy
I won't forget

'Cause every time it rains
You're here in my head
Like the sun coming out
Ooh, I just know that something good is going to happen
I don't know when
But just saying it could even make it happen

Every time it rains
You're here in my head
Like the sun coming out
Like your son's coming out
Ooh, I just know that something good is going to happen
I don't know when
But just saying it could even make it happen

Just saying it could even make it happen

Cloudbusting, daddy

Your son's coming out
Your son's coming out.

3. THE MAN WITH THE CHILD IN HIS EYES

I hear him before I go to sleep
And focus on the day that's been
I realise he's there when I turn the light off
And turn over
Nobody knows about my man
They think he's lost on some horizon
And suddenly I find myself
Listening to a man I've never known before
Telling me about the sea
All his love, 'til eternity

Ooh, he's here again
The man with the child in his eyes
Ooh, he's here again
The man with the child in his eyes

He's very understanding
And he's so aware of all my situations
And when I stay up late
He's always waiting
But I feel him hesitate
Oh, I'm so worried about my love
They say: "No, no, it won't last forever"
And here I am again, my girl
Wondering what on earth I'm doing here
Maybe he doesn't love me
I just took a trip on my love for him

Ooh, he's here again
The man with the child in his eyes
Ooh, he's here again
The man with the child in his eyes.

4. BREATHING

Outside gets inside
Through her skin
I've been out before
But this time it's much safer in
Last night, in the sky
Such a bright light
My radar send me danger
But my instincts tell me to keep

Breathing
Breathing my mother in
Breathing my beloved in
Breathing her nicotine, breathing
Breathing the fall out-in, out-in, out-in, out-in, out-in

We've lost our chance, we're the first and last
After the blast
Chips of Plutonium are twinkling in every lung
I love my beloved
All and everywhere
Only the fools blew it
You and me knew life itself is breathing

Breathing
Breathing my mother in
Breathing my beloved in, breathing
Breathing her nicotine, breathing
Breathing the fall out-in, out-in, out-in, out-in, out-in
Out-in, out-in, out-in, out, out, out, out

What are we going to do without
Ooh, please, let me breathe
Quick, breath in deep
Leave us something to breathe
Ooh, life is
Breathing.

5. WOW

We're all alone on the stage tonight
We've been told we're not afraid of you
We know all our lines so well
We've said them so many times
Time and time again
Line and line again

Ooh yeah, you're amazing
We think you're incredible
You say we're fantastic
But still we don't head the bill

Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow
Unbelievable
Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow
Unbelievable

When the actor reaches his death
You know it's not for real, he just holds his breath
But he always dives too soon, too fast to save himself

He'll never make the screen
He'll never make "The Sweeney"
Or be that movie queen
He's too busy hitting the Vaseline

Ooh yeah, you're amazing
We think you are really cool
We'd give you a part, my love
But you'd have to play the fool

Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow
Unbelievable
Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow
Unbelievable

We're all alone on the stage tonight
We're all alone
On the stage
True love.

6. HOUNDS OF LOVE

When I was a child
Running in the night
Afraid of what might be
Hiding in the dark
Hiding in the street
And of what was following me

The hounds of love are hunting
I've always been a coward
And I don't know what's good for me
Here I go

It's coming for me through the trees
Help me someone, help me please
Take my shoes off and throw them in the lake
And I'll be two steps on the water

I found a fox caught by dogs
He let me take him in my hands
His little heart, it beats so fast
And I'm ashamed of running away
From nothing real, I just can't deal with this
I'm still afraid to be there

Among your hounds of love
And feel yours arms surround me
I've always been a coward
And never know what's good for me
Here I go, don't let me go, hold me down
It's coming for me through the trees
Help me darling, help me please
Take my shoes off and throw them in the lake
And I'll be two steps on the water

I don't know what's good for me
I don't know what's good for me
I need love, love, love, love, yeah
Your love
Take your shoes off and throw them in the lake
Do you know what I really need
Do you know what I really need
I need love, love, love, love.

7. RUNNING UP THAT HILL (A DEAL WITH GOD)

It doesn't hurt me
Do you want to feel how it feels
Do you want to know, know that it doesn't hurt me
Do you want to hear about the deal that I'm making
You
It's you and me

And if I only could
I'd make a deal with God
And I'd get Him to swap our places
Be running up that road
Be running up that hill
Be running up that building
See, if I only could, oh

You don't want to hurt me
But see how deep the bullet lies
Unaware I'm tearing you asunder
Oh, there is thunder in our hearts
Is there so much hate for the ones we love
'Tell me we both matter, don't we
You
It's you and me
It's you and me, won't be unhappy

And if I only could
I'd make a deal with God
And I'd get Him to swap our places
Be running up that road
Be running up that hill
Be running up that building
See, if I only could, oh

You
It's you and me
It's you and me, won't be unhappy
C'mon baby, c'mon darlin'
Let me steal this moment from you now
Come on angel, c'mon, c'mon darling
Let's exchange the experience, oh

And if I only could
I'd make a deal with God
And I'd get Him to swap our places
Be running up that road
Be running up that hill
With no problems

See, if I only could
I'd make a deal with God
And I'd get Him to swap our places
Be running up that road
Be running up that hill
With no problems

See, if I only could
I'd make a deal with God
And I'd get Him to swap our places
Be running up that road
Be running up that hill
With no problems

See, if I only could
Be running up that hill
With no problems

If I only could
Be running up that hill

If I only could
Be running up that hill.

8. ARMY DREAMERS

Army dreamers
Mammy's hero
B.F.P.O.
Mammy's hero

Our little Army Boy
Is coming home from B.F.P.O.
I've a bunch of purple flowers
To decorate a mammy's hero
Mourning in the aerodrome
The weather warmer, he is colder
Four men in uniform to carry home
My little soldier

What could he do? Should have been a rock star
But he didn't have the money for a guitar
What could he do? Should have been a politician
But he never had a proper education
What could he do? Should have been a father
But he never even made it to his twenties
What a waste
Army Dreamers
What a waste of
Army Dreamers

Tears o'er a tin box
Oh Jesus Christ, he wasn't to know
Like a chicken with a fox
He couldn't win the war with ego
Give the kid the pick of pips
And give him all your stripes and ribbons
Now he's sitting in his hole
He might as well have buttons and bows

What could he do? Should have been a rock star
But he didn't have the money for a guitar
What could he do? Should have been a politician
But he never had a proper education
What could he do? Should have been a father
But he never even made it to his twenties
What a waste
Army Dreamers
What a waste of
Army Dreamers
What a waste of
Army Dreamers
Army Dreamers
Army Dreamers

Army dreamers
Mammy's hero
B.F.P.O.
Army dreamers
Mammy's hero
B.F.P.O.
No more heroes
Mammy's hero
B.F.P.O.
Army dreamers
Mammy's hero
B.F.P.O.
No more heroes
Mammy's hero
B.F.P.O.
Mammy's dying
Mammy's hero.

9. SAT IN YOUR LAP

I see the people working and see it working for them
And so I want to join in, but then I find it hurts me
Some say that knowledge is something sat in your lap
Some say that knowledge is something that you never have

I see the people happy, so can it happen for me?
'Cause when I am unhappy, there's nothing that can move me
Some say that knowledge is something that you never have
Some say that knowledge is something sat in your lap
Some say that heaven is hell, some say that hell is heaven

I must admit, just when I think I'm king
I just begin
Just when I think I'm king, I must admit
I just begin
Just when I think I'm king
Just begin

I've been doing it for years, my goal is moving near
It says "Look I'm over here", then it up and disappears
Some say that knowledge is something sat in your lap
Some say that knowledge is ho, ho, ho, ho

I want to be a lawyer, I want to be a scholar
But I really can't be bothered, ooh just
Gimme it quick, gimme it, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme
Some say that knowledge is ho, ho, ho
Some say that knowledge is ho, ho, ho
Some say that heaven is hell, some say that hell is heaven
I must admit, just when I think I'm king
I just begin
Just when I think I'm king, I must admit
I just begin
Just when I think everything's going great
I just begin
I get the break
Hey, I'm gonna take it all
I just begin
When I'm king
Just begin

In my dome of ivory, a home of activity
I want the answers quickly, but I don't have no energy
I hold a cup of wisdom, but there is nothing within
My cup she never overfloweth and 'tis I that moan and groaneth
Some grey and white matter
Give me the Karma Mama

A jet to Mecca, Tibet or Jeddah
To Salisbury, a monastery
The longest journey, across the desert
Across the weather, across the elements
Across the water.

10. EXPERIMENT IV

We were working secretly for the military
Our experiment in sound was nearly ready to begin
We only know in theory what we are doing
Music made for pleasure, music made to thrill
It was music we were making here until

They told us all they wanted
Was a sound that could kill someone from a distance
So we go ahead and the meters are over in the red
It's a mistake in the making

From the painful cries of mothers to a terrifying scream
We recorded it and put it into our machine

They told us all they wanted
Was a sound that could kill someone from a distance
So we go ahead and the meters are over in the red
It's a mistake in the making

It could feel like falling in love
It could feel so bad
It could feel so good
It could sing you to sleep
But that dream is your enemy!!

We won't be there to be blamed
We won't be there to snitch
I just pray that someone there can hit the switch

They told us all they wanted
Was a sound that could kill someone from a distance
So we go ahead and the meters are over in the red
It's a mistake in the making

And the public are warned to stay off.

11. THE DREAMING

"Bang" goes another Kanga
On the bonnet on the van
See the light ram through the gaps in the land
Many an Aborigine's mistaken for a tree
'Til you near him on the motorway
And the tree begin to breathe
See the light ram through the gaps in the land

Coming in with the golden light in the morning
Coming in with the golden light is the New Man
Coming in with the golden light is my dented van
Woomera

DRE - A - M - T - I - ME

The civilised keep alive the territorial war
See the light ram through the gaps in the land
Erase the race that claim the place
And say we dig for ore
Or dangle Devils in a bottle
And push them from the Pull Of The Bush
See the light ram through the gaps in the land
You find them in the road
See the light bounce off the rocks to the sand
In the road

Coming in with the golden light
In the morning
Coming in with the golden light
With no warning
Coming in with the golden light
We bring in the rigging
Dig, dig, dig away

Woomera
Woomera

Many an Aborigine's mistaken for a tree
See the light ram through the gaps in the land
You near him on the motorway, the tree begin to breathe
Erase the race that claim the place and say we dig for ore
See the light ram through the gaps in the land
Dangle Devils in a bottle and push them from the Pull Of The Bush
See the sun set in the hand of the man

"Bang" goes another Kanga on the bonnet on the van
See the light ram through the gaps in the land
You find them in the road
See the light ram through the gaps in the land
In the road
See the light

Pull of the Bush
See the light bounce off the rocks to the sand
Push them from the - Pull of the Bush
See the sun set in the hand of the man.

12. BABOOSHKA

Babooshka
Babooshka

She wanted to test her husband
She new exactly what to do
A pseudonym to fool him
She couldn't have made a worse move

She sent him scented letters
And he received them with a strange delight
Just like his wife
But how she was before the tears

And how she was before the years flew by
And how she was when she was beautiful

She signed the letter:
All yours
Babooshka
Babooshka
Babooshka-ya-ya

All yours
Babooshka
Babooshka
Babooshka-ya-ya

Babooshka

She wanted to take it further
So she arranged a place to go
To see if he
Would fall for her incognito

And when he laid eyes on her
He got the feelings they had met before
Uncanny how she
Reminds him of his little lady
Capacity to give him all he needs
Just like his wife before she freezed on him
Just like his wife when she was beautiful
Shouted out

All yours
Babooshka
Babooshka
Babooshka-ya-ya
All yours
Babooshka
Babooshka
Babooshka-ya-ya
All yours
Babooshka
Babooshka
Babooshka-ya-ya

Babooshka
Babooshka
Babooshka-ya-ya

Babooshka
Babooshka
Babooshka-ya-ya

Babooshka
Babooshka
Babooshka-ya-ya

Babooshka-ya-ya

Babooshka
Babooshka
Babooshka.

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