Kate Bush

This Woman's Work CD2 1990

 

I'm Still Waiting


Ah-um Ah-um Ah-um Ah-ummmm

Somewhere a door is opening
Somewhere a door is closing
Somewhere somebody dies
Somewhere a newborn baby cries

Maybe the love has gone, but there's
Still a heart that's beating
Though the clouds have come
Maybe the sun will come out
The storm is coming back
Maybe you'll be coming back

'Coz I'm still waiting
Baby well I'm still waiting

Ah-um Ah-um Ah-um Ah-ummmm

Baby well I'm still waiting

Somewhere a door is opening
Maybe the love has gone but there's still
A heart that's beating
Tough the clouds have come
Maybe the sun will come out
Maybe you'll be coming back
'Coz there's still a heart that's beating
Though the clouds have come
Maybe the sun will come out

Maybe you'll be coming back
There's still a heart that's beating
Maybe the sun will come out
They say the storm will be coming back
Maybe you'll be coming back

'Coz I'm still waiting

Ah-um Ah-um Ah-um Ah-ummmm

I'm still waiting
Ooh I'm waiting

Hmmmmm-aaah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah waiting

Ooh I'm waiting

Ah-um Ah-um Ah-um Ah-ummmm
Ken


(Wow! Huh!)

We look to the left and to the right
And we need help but nobody's in sight
Where is the man that we all need
Tell him he's to come and rescue me

Doo-doo-n-doo-doo-no-doo dow
Doo-doo-n-doo-doo-no-doo dow
Ken is the man that we all need
Ken is the leader of the G.L.C.

Now head 'em up
Rope 'em in
Move 'em out
Now can't you see
That we need the leader of the G.L.C.

Doo-doo-n-doo-doo-no-doo dow
Doo-doo-n-doo-doo-no-doo dow
Ken is the man that we all need
Ken is the leader of the G.L.C.

Who is the man that we all need? (Ken!)
Who is the funny sex machine? (Ken!)
Who is the leader of the G.L.C.? (Ken!)
Who is the man we all need? (Ken!)

Now head 'em up
Rope 'em in
Move 'em out (Ken!)
Can't you see
That we need a-ah-ah-ah-ah

Doo-doo-n-doo-doo-no-doo dow
Doo-doo-n-doo-doo-no-doo dow
Ken is the man that we all need
Ken is the leader of the G.L.C.

Who is the man we all need? (Ken!)
(Ken!)

Doo-doo-n-doo-doo-no-doo dow
Doo-doo-n-doo-doo-no-doo dow
Ken is the man that we all need
Ken is the leader of the G.L.C.
One Last Look Around The House Before We Go


(Instrumental)

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,
I've come home. I'm so cold!
Let me in-a-your win-dow.

Heathcliff, it's me, Cathy,
I've come home. I'm so cold!
Let me in-a-your win-dow.

Ooh, 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 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,
I've come home. I'm so cold!
Let me in-a-your win-dow.

Heathcliff, it's me, Cathy,
I've come home. I'm so cold!
Let me in-a-your win-dow.

Ooh! Let me have it.
Let me grab your soul away.
Ooh! Let me have it.
Let me grab your soul away.
You know it's me, Cathy!

Heathcliff, it's me, Cathy,
I've come home. I'm so cold!
Let me in-a-your win-dow.

Heathcliff, it's me, Cathy,
I've come home. I'm so cold!
Let me in-a-your win-dow.

Heathcliff, it's me, Cathy,
I've come home. I'm so cold!
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 cry of mothers,
To the terrifying scream,
We recorded it and put it into our machine.

Then 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.
But it could feel so good.
It could sing you to sleep

?"I'll bet my mum's gonna give me a little toy instrument!"?

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.

But 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 we've made.

Hmm hmm hmm, hmm hmm hmm.
And the public are warned to stay off.
Them Heavy People


Rolling the ball,

(rolling)

Rolling the ball,

(rolling)

Rolling the ball

(rolling)

To me.
Rolling the ball,

(rolling)

Rolling the ball,

(rolling)

Rolling the ball

(rolling)

To me.

They arrived at an inconvenient time.
I was hiding in a room in my mind.
They made me look at myself. I saw it well.
I'd shut the people out of my life.

So now I take the opportunities:
Wonderful teachers ready to teach me.
I must work on my mind. For now I realize:
Everyone of us has a heaven inside.

Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot.
Them heavy people help me.
Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot.
Rolling the ball,

(rolling)

Rolling the ball,

(rolling)

Rolling the ball

(rolling)

To me.
Rolling the ball,

(rolling)

Rolling the ball,

(rolling)

Rolling the ball

(rolling)

To me.

They open doorways that I thought were shut for good.
They read me Gurdjieff and Jesu.
They build up my body, break me emotionally.
It's nearly killing me, but what a lovely feeling!

I love the whirling of the dervishes.
I love the beauty of rare innocence.
You don't need no crystal ball,
Don't fall for a magic wand.
We humans got it all, we perform the miracles.


Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot.
Them heavy people help me.

(heavy heavy)

Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot.
Rolling the, rolling the, rolling the, rolling the.

Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot.
Them heavy people help me.

(heavy heavy)

Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot.
Rolling the, rolling the, rolling the, rolling the.

Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot.
Them heavy people help me.

(heavy heavy)

Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot.
Rolling the, rolling the, rolling the, rolling the.

Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot.
Them heavy people help me.

Don't Push Your Foot On The Heartbrake


Emma's come down.
She's stopped the light
Shining out of her eyes.

Emma's been run out on.
She's breaking down
In so many places,
Stuck in low gears
Because of her fears

Of the skidding wheels,

(The skid of her wheels she feels.)

Skidding wheels,

(The skid of her wheels she feels.)

Spinning wheels.

(Wheel-skidding feeling.)

Her heart is there,
But they've greased the road.
Her heart is out there,
But she's no control.

Oh, come on, you've got to use your flow.
You know what it's like, and you know you want to go.
Don't drive too slowly.
Don't put your blues where your shoes should be.
Don't put your foot on the heartbrake.

(She's losing, she's losing, she's losing, she's losing...)

She's losing that inner flame.
It was burning bright,
But she's losing the light fast.

She's only herself to blame.
Well, take care of yourself,
And remember Georgie.
She's so O.D.'d on weeping
She can hardly see

That she's dropping beads.

(Red, red glass is bleeding.)

Dropping beads.

(Red, red glass is bleeding.)

Dropping beads.

(Red, red on the parquet.)

Her heart is there,
But they've greased the road.
Her heart is out there,
But she's no control.

Oh, come on, you've got to use your flow.
You know what it's like, and you know you want to go.
Don't drive too slowly.
Don't put your blues where your shoes should be.
Don't put your foot on the heartbrake.

Oh, come on, you've got to use your flow.
You know what it's like, and you know you want to go.
Don't drive too slowly.
Don't put your blues where your shoes should be.
Don't put your foot on the heartbrake.
James And The Cold Gun


James, come on home.
You've been gone too long, baby.
We can't let our hero
Die alone.

We miss you day and night.
You left town to live by the rifle.
You left us to fight,
But it just ain't right to take away the light.

Remember Genie from the casino?
She's still a-waiting in that big brass bed.
The boys from your gang are knocking whisky back,
'Til they get out of hand and wish they were dead.
They're only lonely for the life that they led
With their old friend.

Ooh, James, are you selling your soul to a cold gun?

Where lies your heart?
It's not there in the buckskin, baby.
It's not there in the gin
That makes you laugh long and loud.

You're a coward, James.
You're running away from humanity.
You're running away from reality.
It won't be funny when they rat-a-tat-tat you down.

Remember Genie from the casino?
She's still a-waiting in that big brass bed.
The boys from your gang are knocking whisky back,
'Til they get out of hand and wish they were dead.
They're only lonely for the life that they led
With their old friend.

Ooh, James, are you selling your soul,
Ooh... to a cold gun?


L'Amour Looks Something Like You


You came out of the night,
Wearing a mask in white colour.
My eyes were shining
On the wine, and your aura.
All in order, we move into the boudoir,
But too soon the morning has resumed.

I'm hanging on the Old Goose Moon.
You look like an angel,
Sleeping it off at a station.
Were you only passing through?

I'm dying for you just to touch me,
And feel all the energy rushing right up-a-me.
L'amour looks something like you.

The thought of you sends me shivery.
I'm dressed in lace, sailing down a black reverie.
My heart is thrown
To the pebbles and the boatmen.
All the time I find I'm living in that evening,
With that feeling of sticky love inside.

I'm hanging on the Old Goose Moon.
You look like an angel,
Sleeping it off at a station.
Were you only passing through?

I'm dying for you just to touch me,
And feel all the energy rushing right up-a-me.
L'amour looks something like you.
L'amour looks something like you.

(L'amour L'amour L'amour)

L'amour looks something like you.


Running Up That Hill


"If I only could, I'd be running up that hill.
If I only could, I'd be running up that hill."
"If I only could, I'd be running up that hill.
If I only could, I'd be running up that hill."

It doesn't hurt me.

(yeah yeah yo)

Do you want to feel how it feels?

(yeah yeah yo)

Do you want to know know that it doesn't hurt me?

(yeah yeah yo)

Do you want to hear about the deal that I'm making?

(yeah yeah yo)

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.
Say, if I only could, oh...

You don't want to hurt me

[don't wanna hurt me - repeated echo'd L & R]

(hee ohh)

Unaware I'm tearing you asunder.

[asunder - repeated echo'd L & R]

(hee ohh)

Is there so much hate for the ones we love?

[love - repeated echo'd L & R]

Be running up that road,
Be running up that hill,
Be running up that building

[building - repeated echo'd L & R]

C'mon, baby,
C'mon darling,
Let me steal this moment from you now.
C'mon, angel, c'mon, c'mon, darling,
Let's exchange the experience.

(oh-ooh)

C'mon, c'mon, baby,
C'mon, c'mon, darling,
C'mon, c'mon, baby,
C'mon, c'mon, angel,
C'mon, c'mon, baby,
C'mon, c'mon, darling.

C'mon, c'mon, baby,
C'mon, c'mon, darling,
C'mon, c'mon, baby,
C'mon, c'mon, angel,
C'mon, c'mon, baby,
C'mon, c'mon, darling.

C'mon, c'mon, baby,
C'mon, c'mon, darling,
C'mon, c'mon, baby,
C'mon, c'mon, angel,
C'mon, c'mon, baby,
C'mon, c'mon, darling.

"If I only could, I'd be running up that hill.
If I only could, I'd be running up that hill."
Cloudbusting


[Fade in]
Run, Run, run run run.
Run, Run, run run run.
Run, Run, run run run run,
Run, Run, run run run run,
Run, Run, run run run run,
Run, Run, run run

I still [I still]
dream [dream]
of Orgonon [of Orgonon]
You're ma- [ma-]
king [-king]
rain [rain, rain rain rain rain rain...]
And you're just in [just in]
reach [reach]

You're like my yo-yo [ha, honey honey]
That glowed in the dark. [ha, honey honey]
What made it special [ha, honey honey]
Made it dangerous, [ha, honey honey]
So I bury it [ha-i]
And forget.

Yeah-ee, yeah-ee, yeah-ee, yo.

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.

oh-do-do-do-do-dooo
do-do-do-do-dooo

[train whistle]

oh-do-do-do-do-dooo
do-do-do-do-dooo

I'm cloudbusting daddy.

Ha ha ha life life

Run Run

Ha ha ha life life

Run Run

Ha ha ha life life

Run Run Run

Ha ha ha life life

Run Run

Ha ha ha life life

Run Run
Run Run
Run Run
Run Run

Run Run

Yeah-ee, yeah-ee, yeah-ee, yo. [with heavy echo]

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.

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.

Ooh, just saying it could even make it happen.

Yeah-ee, yeah-ee, yeah-ee, yo.
Yeah-ee, yeah-ee, yeah-ee, yo.
Yeah-ee, yeah-ee, yeah-ee, yo.

Ooh, just saying it could even make it happen.

Yeah-ee, yeah-ee, yeah-ee, yo.

All I want to do is say it for you.

Yeah-ee, yeah-ee, yeah-ee, yo.
Yeah-ee, yeah-ee, yeah-ee, yo.

[train whistle]
Hounds Of Love


When I was a child running away from nothing
Heading for home (didi-do do didi-dow dow)
Now hounds of love are hunting (didi-do do didi-dow dow)
I've always been a coward (didi-do do didi-dow dow)
And I don't know what's good for me

C'mon and run, run, run, run, run, run honey
Run from the hounds of love
Run, run, run, run, run, run honey
Run from the hounds of love
Run run run run run keep running
Run from the hounds of love
They need love, love, love, love, love - yeah

Do you know what I really need?
I know what I really need (continuously didi-do do didi- dow dow)
But I don't know what's good for me
I don't know what's good for me

Oh, I need love
Now hounds of love are hunting (didi-do do didi-dow dow)
I've always been a coward (didi-do do didi-dow dow)
And I don't know what's good for me (didi-do do didi- dow dow)
I never know what's good for me

C'mon and run, run, run, run, run, run honey
Run from the hounds of love
Run, run, run, run, run, run honey
Run from the hounds of love
Run run run run run keep running
Run from the hounds of love

So run, run, run, run, run, run honey
Run, run honey
Run, run, run, run
Run run run run keep running
Run from the hounds of love
Run, run, run, run, run, run honey
Run from the hounds of love
Run, run, run! from the hounds of love


The Big Sky


Looking at the air, ee-oo, yeah, ee-oo,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yo.

That cloud, that cloud
Looks like Ireland.

(diddly-di diddly-di diddly-di diddly-di, dye)

C'mon and blow it a kiss now,

(diddly-di diddly-di diddly-di diddly-di, dye)

But quick,
'Cause it's changing in the Big Sky,
It's changing in the Big Sky now.
We're looking at the Big Sky.
You never understood me.
You never really tried.

This cloud, this cloud
Says "Noah,

(diddly-da diddly-da diddly-da diddly-da)
(diddly-da diddly-da diddly-da diddly-da)
(diddly-da diddly-da)
(diddly-da diddly-da)

I'm looking at the Big Sky.
I'm looking at the Big Sky now.
I'm looking at the Big Sky.
Hup! hup!
Big Sky! He-yeah [repeats & fade]

"That cloud looks just like the tree at the bottom of our garden"
"That cloud looks like a little lamb with a tail"
"That cloud looks Commulus Castellus"
"That cloud is nothing but trouble"
"This cloud looks like hmmmm, one of those things hmmm, you know"
"That cloud looks like one of those brown shiney things"
"That cloud looks like snow"

"No it doesn't"

"This cloud looks like rain"

[general background discussion]

"Order! This cloud should be removed immediately"
"That cloud looks like industrial waste"

Rolling over like a great big cloud,
Walking out in the Big Sky.

Looking at the air, ee-oo, yeah, ee-oo,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yo.
Looking at the air, ee-oo, yeah,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yo.

And we pause for the jet
Hup! hup!
Hup! in the Big Sky!
We're looking at the Big Sky, honey.
You want my reply?
What was the question? Yeah.
I was looking at the Big Sky.

We're looking at the air, ee-oo, yeah, ee-oo,
Yeah, yeah, tell 'em, sisters!

Rolling over like a great big cloud,
Walking out in the Big Sky.
Rolling over like a great big cloud,
Walking out in the Big Sky.
Rolling over like a great big cloud,
Walking out in the Big Skyyyyy.

Hun-cha, hun-cha, hun-cha, hun-cha,

Rolling over like a great big cloud,

Hun-cha, hun-cha, hun-cha, Big Sky.

Walking out in the Big Sky.

Whoah, whoah, yeah, yeah, blue-a, yeah, yeah, day,

Rolling over like a great big cloud,
Walking out in the Big Sky.

Hula, hula, hula, hula, hula, hula,
Hul-yeah, yeah, yeah.

Rolling over like a great big cloud,
Walking out in the Big Sky.

Big Sky, walking out in the Big Sky.

Rolling over like a great big cloud,
Walking out in the Big Sky.

Hula, hula, hula,
Whoah, wo-wo-whoah, wo-wo-whoah, I check, I check.

Rolling over like a great big cloud,
Walking out in the Big Sky.

Baby whooooah.

Rolling over like a great big cloud,
Walking out in the Big Sky.

Waaahhh

Rolling over like a great big cloud,
Walking out in the Big Sky.

Ow!

Rolling over like a great big cloud,
Walking out in the Big Sky.

The Big Sky, The Big Sky.

Rolling over like a great big cloud,
Walking out in the Big Sky.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, ow.

Rolling over like a great big cloud,
Walking out in the Big Sky.

Big Sky, hula, hula, hula, hula, hula.

Rolling over like a great big cloud,
Walking out in the Big Sky.

Waahh, da da da da da.

Rolling over like a great big cloud,
Walking out in the Big Sky.

[faded]
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 cry of mothers,
To the terrifying scream,
We recorded it and put it into our machine.

?"I'll bet my mum's gonna give me a little toy instrument!"?

[haunting laughter]

"Five"
"Experiment four"
"Experiment four"
"Experiment four"
"Experiment four"
"Experiment four"

But that dream is your enemy.

[haunting laughter]

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.

But 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 we've made.

Hmm hmm hmm, hmm hmm hmm.
And the public are warned to stay off.