The Waterboys

[fox69]

"Somebody Might Wave Back"

"Somebody Might Wave Back"



Seven O'clock in the morning and I'm riding the overnight train
I've got ten tonnes of luggage but I left it behind when I came
I look at my watch, says September seventeen
We're riding past some place where I've never been
And I'm waving through the window as we go
Somebody says "Well, hey, what are you waving at?"
Well what have I got to lose
Somebody might wave back

Seven O'clock in the morning and I'm carrying bags under my eyes
Been awake all night, counting the hours to sunrise
(Drawing patterns/Beating rhythms) on the tabletop
I lift my gaze and my mouth just dropped
Someone waving in the window at me
And I say "Hey there, what are you waving at?"
When he says "What do I have to lose,
Somebody might wave back"
What do I have to lose,
Somebody might wave back

 

[fox69]

"Something Fantastic"

"Something Fantastic"



Call her Ruth
'cos she knows the price
Call her Sandy
'cos heart is like ice
You can call her
Whatever you wish
Nothing can change
The person she is

Call her Maria
Her real name's Eve
Try not to slam the door
Or you'll wake her as you leave
You can tell by
The pictures on her wall
That she never really
Knew you at all

Everywhere I look
It's just looking into waste
I can't see any courage
Or hope in your face
You say there's no point
Of searching anymore
'Cos whatever I find
I'll have found before

I must be looking
For something fantastic!
And all this reality
It's such a test
You take what you're given
And I'll take my time
You in your small corner
And I in mine

 

[fox69]

"Something That Is Gone"

"Something That Is Gone"



Something that is gone
Something that is gone
Something that I had just yesterday
But where I must have laid it
I really couldn't say
Something that was right
But now is wrong
Something that is gone

Something that I lost
Something that I lost
Something that I cradled in my hand
Something rather special
Ghat pertained to all my plans
I'm left here wondering what on earth it was
Something that I lost

Something that I missed
Something that I missed
I've looked all around my room
But it's not here
How can a thing of permanence
So swiftly disappear ?
Something is the cause of all of this
Something that I missed

 

[fox69]

"Song From The End Of The World"

"Song From The End Of The World"



Here is the smell of seafood pie
a broken tower on the open sky
a chain of islands rolling west
in sight of the house where we are guests

A rambling old river twists through the fields
ancient names imprinted on shields
Gifts arrive for a baby girl
born a queen at the end of the world

Furious music from an open door
The sound of feet beating on a stone floor
Always the wind, always the form
of an Elder God, hooved and horned

The head of the mountain lost in a cloud
a country woman, soft and proud
Into the bay the horses swirl
for we come to the sea at the end of the world

 

[fox69]

"Song Of Wandering Aengus"

"Song Of Wandering Aengus"



I went out to the hazel wood
Because a fire was in my head
And cut and peeled a hazel wand
And hooked a berry to a thread.

And when white moths were on the wing
And moth-like stars were flickering out
I dropped the berry in a stream
And caught a little silver trout.

When I had laid it on the ground
I went to blow the fire a-flame
But something rustled on the floor
And some one called me by my name.

It had become a glimmering girl
With apple blossom in her hair
Who called me by my name and ran
And faded through the brightening air.

Though I am old with wandering
Through hollow lands and hilly lands
I will find out where she has gone
And kiss her lips and take her hands.

And walk among long dappled grass
And pluck till time and times are done
The silver apples of the moon
The golden apples of the sun
The silver apples of the moon
The golden apples of the sun.

 

[fox69]

"Soon As I Get Home"

"Soon As I Get Home"



I shall wear a crown
I shall wear a crown
When it's all over
When it's all over

I shall see His face
I shall see His face
When it's all over
When it's all over

I shall wear a crown
I shall wear a crown
When it's all over
When it's all over

I'm gonna put on my robe, tell the story
Of how I made it over
I'm gonna put on my robe, tell the story
Of how I made it over
I'm gonna put on my robe, tell the story
Of how I made it over
Soon as I get Home

 

[fox69]

"Spirit"

"Spirit"



Man gets tired
Spirit don't
Man surrenders
Spirit won't
Man crawls
Spirit flies
Spirit lives
When man dies

Man seems
Spirit is
Man dreams
The spirit lives
Man is tethered
Spirit free
What spirit
Is man can be

 

[fox69]

"Spiritual City"

"Spiritual City"



Spiritual thought
Spiritual life
Spiritual city
Spiritual wife
Spiritual work
Spiritual war
Spiritual people
Spiritual law

Hey Ho sk'doodle-addle-o
Spiritual City gonna watch you grow
Hey Ho sk'doodle-addle-o
Spiritual City gonna watch you grow

Spiritual call
Spiritual tie
Spiritual seeker
Spiritual high
Spiritual need
Spiritual thirst
Spiritual beauty
Spiritual birth

Hey Ho sk'doodle-addle-o
Spiritual City gonna watch you grow
Hey Ho sk'doodle-addle-o
Spiritual City gonna watch you grow

Spiritual child
Spiritual man
Spiritual power
Spiritual land
Spiritual love
Spiritual rage
Spiritual vision
Spiritual age

Hey Ho sk'doodle-addle-o
Spiritual City gonna watch you grow
Hey Ho sk'doodle-addle-o
Spiritual City gonna watch you grow

Blood of the world, Mother of mine
Gonna see you rise higher in time
Blood of the world, Mother of mine
Gonna see you rise higher in time
Blood of the world, Mother of mine
Gonna see you rise higher in time
Blood of the world, mother of mine
Open your eyes and let 'em shine!

"Everybody's born to do a certain thing
And if you're dead jammy you find it.
And if you're good at it just keep doing it
Until you're fed up then do something else.
You're here to make babies and look after the place.
You know?"

 

[fox69]

"Spring Comes To Spiddal"

"Spring Comes To Spiddal"



The lights are on in Standun's
And the spell has been broken
The roadside teahouse door
Is wide open
A sign on the wall
Says "American also spoken"
As Spring comes to Spiddal

The village girls go walking
By without their coats
The Irish gaelic college
Is alive again with folk
Farmers gather talking
Freed from Winter's yoke
As Spring comes to Spiddal

A tourist with a telescope
And a funny looking German bloke
And a billy goat
All invoke
The Summer soon to bloom

On a soft and fresh Atlantic air
A mist of pollen floats
On Galway Bay I spy
A gaily painted fishing boat
There's a rustle around the boreens
And a song on every throat
As Spring comes
To Spiddal

 

[fox69]

"Strange Arrangement"

"Strange Arrangement"



It's a strange arrangement
I don't claim to understand it
I know I created it
But I never planned it

It's a strange arrangement
And I'm not proud
Well perhaps a little ashamed
If ashamed is allowed

At the death of the year
In a crucial hour
I exchanged the power of love
For the love of power
The invisible captain
Must be laughing out loud
I feel as if I'm wrapped inside a
Cloud within a cloud

It's a strange arrangement
And it's fascinating to see
Which way the worm turns
Especially when the worm is me

Runaway child
I wish you were here
The weather is uncommonly mild
For this time of year
But it's no cause for pity
And it's no reason to weep
Worse things can befall a man when he's
In his bed counting sheep

It's a strange arrangement
An accommodation deluxe
I'll send you a postcard
When I've had enough