Kate Bush (88,56 %)
This Woman's Work, Volume One (71,92 %)
Released: 1990-10-22
Type: Compilation
Type: Compilation
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1.
The Empty Bullring
 02:17
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2.
Ran Tan Waltz
02:41
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3.
Passing Through Air
 02:05
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4.
December Will Be Magic Again
 04:52
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5.
Warm and Soothing
02:44
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6.
Lord of the Reedy River
02:43
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7.
Ne t'enfuis pas
02:34
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8.
Un baiser d'enfant
 03:02
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9.
Under the Ivy
 02:10
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10.
Burning Bridge
04:43
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11.
My Lagan Love
02:30
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12.
The Handsome Cabin Boy
03:13
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13.
Not This Time
03:42
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14.
Walk Straight Down the Middle
03:49
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15.
Be Kind to My Mistakes
03:03
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Album length:
46:08
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Lyrics |
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1.
The Empty Bullring
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Disappears through a window Out of my mind Trying to keep him at home Out into Rome In the early hours Leaving me here Like Tamlaine in her Tower You are going To the empty bullring Taking your red cloak To regain something Oh, you rolling matador Kill in your eyes For the toro That shut the door To glory and gore The throw of the rose It's all you lived for But you've lost it all Your red streak On the plot where many feet Left it incomplete But you kept the meaning You feel him charge again And you feel him cut you down Right on the spot Where you thought You were ground for good These flights of fantasy Make your wounds more sore But you've every right To even grab at the last straw Oh, Lord Oh, you rolling matador Kill in your eyes For the toro That shut the door To glory and gore The throw of the rose It's all you lived for But you've lost it all |
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2.
Ran Tan Waltz
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Where is she When the little thing cries? She lies in a bed With a friend of mine. But some nights She'll run back in fright If she picks on a dick That's too big for her pride. Oh! Oh! Why did I ever go marry her? I was a child! I'm holding the baby, She's ran-tanning constantly. She saw me coming for miles. She saw me open wide. Four o'clock And the key's in the lock. And she's been on the wing And she's stinking of drink. Wakes the kid, So I put him to sleep, And she's in there all night, Doubled over the sink. Oh! Oh! Why did I ever go marry her? I was a child! I'm holding the baby, She's ran-tanning constantly. She saw me coming for miles. She saw me open wide. Open wide. Open wide. |
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3.
Passing Through Air
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Passing through air. You mix the stars with your arms. Walking through there. The doom of eternity balms. Skies of gray are not today. Oh! Don't you throw my love away, I need your loving, I need your loving. Oh! Don't you pour down rain today, I need your love, I need your care So much, so much, so much! Laughing through smiles. You lick my love with the years. Walking for miles. You cool my brow with your tears. Skies of gray are not today. Oh! Don't you throw my love away, I need your loving, I need your loving. Oh! Don't you pour down rain today, I need your love, I need your care So much, so much, so much! |
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4.
December Will Be Magic Again
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December will be magic again. Take a husky to the ice While Bing Crosby sings White Christmas. He makes you feel nice. December will be magic again. Old Saint Nicholas up the chimney, Just a-popping up in my memory. Ooh, dropping down in my parachute, The white city, she is so beautiful Upon the black-soot icicled roofs, Oh, and see how I fall. See how I fall Like the snow. Come to cover the lovers. (Cover the lovers, But don't you wake them up.) Come to sparkle the dark up. (Sparkle the dark up, With just a touch of make-up.) Come to cover the muck up. (Cover the muck up, Oh, with a little luck.) December will be magic again. Light the candle lights To conjure Mr. Wilde Into the Silent Night. Oh, it's quiet inside, Here in Oscar's mind. December will be magic again. Don't miss the brightest star. Kiss under mistletoe. I want to hear you laugh. Don't let the mystery go now. Oh, dropping down in my parachute, The white city, she is so beautiful Upon the black-soot icicled roofs, Oh, and see how I fall. See how I fall Like the snow. Come to cover the lovers. (Cover the lovers, But don't you wake them up.) Come to sparkle the dark up. (Sparkle the dark up, With just a touch of make-up.) Come to cover the muck up (Cover the muck up, Oh, with a little luck.) Oh, I'm coming to cover the lovers. Oh, and I'm coming to sparkle the dark up. Oh, and I'm coming to cover the muck up. |
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Warm and Soothing
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Warm and soothing, That's how I remember home. Walking into arms Through the back door. Hearing voices I know well, And long for. Cold and boozy, Our holiday in the Alps. Sitting in the lobby, Mostly smoking. Choking on the woozy afternoon. I'm reeling in the music And I've only had a few. And I'm afraid By the way we grow old, My darling. Abrupt, too moody, You making our party list. I remember sulking On the sofa. For most of the winter We were strangers. Just one more To ease the ache, Before the night takes me. When you stay asleep On your side of the bed, Don't look at me, Don't look at you... I'm reeling in the music And I've only had a few. And I'm afraid By the way we grow old, My darling. |
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6.
Lord of the Reedy River
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I fell in love with a swan. My eyes were filled with feathers, He filled me with song, In the reedy river, In the reedy river. I in my boat long hours, He in his royal plumage I threw him some flowers, In the reedy river, In the reedy river. Black was the night and starry. I loosened off my garments And let forth my hair, In the reedy river, In the reedy river. Sadly we mourned and sighed, Whilst in evening twilight Two swans glide and fly In the reedy river, In the reedy river, ("Two swans glide and fly") In the reedy river. ("Two swans glide and fly") I fell in love with a swan... |
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7.
Ne t'enfuis pas
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Je viens Comme un chat Par la nuit si noire. Tu attends, Et je tombe Dans tes ailes blanches, la-la-la... Et je vole, Et je coule Comme une plume. Si les grands yeux de mon Dieu Ne me gardaient pas, Je te volerais. Ne t'enfuis pas! Tu as des ailes, Le pouvoir de me quitter. Tu es tombé Du ciel comme un ange, la-la-la Et j'ai peur Que le ciel Te reprenne. Si les grands yeux de mon Dieu Ne me gardaient pas, Je te volerais. Je viens Comme un chat Par la nuit si noire. Je t'en prie, Je t'en prie, Je t'en prie, Je t'en prie, Je t'en prie, Je t'en prie, Ne t'enfuis pas! |
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8.
Un baiser d'enfant
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Je dis bonne nuit-nuit. Je le borde dans le lit. Mais ca ne va pas. Qu'est-ce que c'est? Un baiser. Ca me fait frémir. Je n'ai jamais avant Aimée un enfant Sans contrôle. Il n'est qu'un jeune, et à l'ecole. Chez nous ils n'aimeront pas. Sa petite main joue dans mon coeur, Juste là où ca fait mal. Toc-toc. Qui est dans ce bébé? Tu sais si bien y faire. Toutes les barrières tombent. Ca va se voir, ça va se voir, Ca se voit. ça se voit, ça se voit. Je ne peux laisser faire Je le regretterais. Ouh, il m'effraie!. Il y a un homme là dans les yeux. Je le vois en me penchant. Ouh, il me fait peur Quand ils chuchotent entre eux. Le vent souffle. Sur leurs lèvres des caresses Qui parlent de l'amour. Je veux frapper, je me retiens. Je veux juste toucher. Je dois rester et arrêter Tout ça avant qu'il soit trop tard! Toutes les barrières tombent. Ca va se voir, ça va se voir, Ca se voit. Ca se voit. Ca se voit, L'amour. |
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Under the Ivy
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It wouldn't take me long To tell you how to find it To tell you where we'll meet This little girl inside me Is retreating to her favourite place Go into the garden, go under the ivy Under the leaves, away from the party Go right to the rose Go right to the white rose I sit here in the thunder The green on the gray I feel it all around me And it's not easy for me To give away a secret It's not safe To go into the garden, go under the ivy Under the leaves, away from the party Go right to the rose Go right to the white rose Go into the garden, go under the ivy Go under the leaves with me Go right to the rose Go right to the white rose I'll be waiting for you It wouldn't take me long To tell you how to find it |
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10.
Burning Bridge
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Come close to me. Come cross the bridge. I need to know what you have to say to me. (We've been waiting all night long.) What have you got to say to me? (We've been waiting all night long.) Tell me all about it. (We've been waiting.) Tell me please. (We've been waiting.) Oh, I know. I know it works for me. As we cross the bridge - the burning bridge With flames behind us, We front the line. It's you and me, baby, against the world. (We've been waiting.) I've got to know what you have to say. (We've been waiting.) What have you got to say? (We've been waiting.) Ooh-oh-oh, (We've been waiting.) Tell me all about it, (We've been...) All night long, (We've been...) All night long. (We've been...) It works for me. It's you and me, babe, against the world. All night long It works for me. Let's cross the bridge. Oh, I know, (We've been waiting.) I know, I know. (We've been...) It's you and me, babe. When you stand next to me, babe, it's all right. It's you and me, babe, against the world. |
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11.
My Lagan Love
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When rainy nights are soft with tears, And Autumn leaves are falling, I hear his voice on tumbling waves And no one there to hold me. At evening's fall he watched me walk. His heart was mine. But my love was young, and felt The world was not cruel, but kind. Where Lagan's light fell on the hour, I saw him far below me Just as the morning calmed the storm With no one there to hold him. My loves have come, my loves have gone, And nothing's left to warn me, Save for a voice on the traveling wind, And the glimpse of a face at morning. |
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12.
The Handsome Cabin Boy
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'Tis of a pretty female As you may understand Her mind being bent for rambling Unto some foreign land She dressed herself in sailor's clothes Or so it does appear And she hired with a captain To serve him for a year Her cheeks - they were like roses And her hair rolled in a curl The sailors often smiled and said He looked just like a girl But eating of the captain's biscuit Her colour did destroy And the waist did swell of pretty Nell The handsome cabin boy 'Twas in the bay of Biscay Our gallant ship did plow One night among the sailors Was a fearful flurry and row. They tumbled from their hammocks For their sleep it did destroy And they sworn about the groaning Of the handsome cabin boy "Oh doctor, dear, oh doctor," The cabin boy did cry "My time has come, I am undone And I will surely die." The doctor come a-runnin' And a-smilin' at the fun To think a sailor lad should have A daughter or a son The sailors when they saw the joke They all did stand and stare The child belonged to none of them They solemnly did swear The captain's wife, she says to him "My dear, I wish you joy For 'tis either you or me's betrayed The handsome cabin boy!" |
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13.
Not This Time
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Oh, with a mind that renders everything sensitive, What chance do I have here? Put an end, put an end, Put an end to every dream. When you're near, I fear you, And I forget myself. But not this time. Not this time. Not this time, baby, Not this time. I don't know why I give in, but I do every time. And here I am wondering why I did it again. Too-ree-ay, too-ree-o, too-ree-ay, too-ree-o, too-ree-ay's what I say To keep me going, To keep the shit away. I don't know what it is, But every time you're near, I fear you, And I forget myself. No, not this time, baby. Not this time, you won't. Not this time, darling. c'mon, we all sing: Too-ree-ay, too-ree-o, too-ree-ay, too-ree-o, Too-ree-ay, too-ree-o, too-ree-ay, too-ree-o, Too-ree-ay, too-ree-o, too-ree-ay, too-ree-o, Not this time. |
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14.
Walk Straight Down the Middle
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Can't move my arms Can't move my legs Can't say no I can't say yes Can't help myself I need your help We go... Ooh, ooh, what do we do Now we just can't move? We're calling out for Middle Street Ooh, ooh, what do we do Now we just can't move? We hang on to every line And walk straight down the middle of it. He thought he was gonna die But he didn't She thought she just couldn't cope But she did We thought it would be so hard But it wasn't... it wasn't easy, though! Can't say yes I can't say no Can't begin Can't let go... Help me now. We go Ooh, ooh, what do we do Now we just can't move? We're calling out for Middle Street Ooh, ooh, what do we do Now we just can't move? We hang on to every line And walk straight down the middle of it. He thought he was gonna die But he didn't She thought she could never cope But she did We thought it was all over But it wasn't... it hadn't started yet. And walk straight down the middle of it. And walk straight down the middle of it. "d^^^^^^^^^^ d^^^^^^^^^^", calling out for Middle Street. We're calling out for Middle Street, "d^^^^^^^^^^ d^^^^^^^^^^^" Walking straight down the middle of it. "d^^^^^^^^^^^^^^" |
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15.
Be Kind to My Mistakes
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(It is this that brings us together.) It's all right, darling, We can do this together. It's all right, darling, I can think of nothing better. I don't know you, And you don't know me: It is this that brings us together. (It is this that brings us together.) I don't know what you are Looking for in me. I don't know what I want, But my heart is needing. Am I yours? Are you mine? We'll find all we're meant to find. In your life, in my life, There are secrets too dark To let out, to let go of, To get over. But that's all right, baby. That's all right by me. It's all right now. Just let me say Please... Please... Please... Please be kind, be kind to my mistakes. Be kind, be kind to me. |