The Waterboys

[fox69]

"The Crash Of Angel Wings"

"The Crash Of Angel Wings"



Here she comes
Like rumbling drums
Swinging her skirts
And talking in spurts
Sailing high
In her ship of the sky
Being found
Broken on the ground

But when she sings
I hear the crash of angel wings
When she sings I hear the crash of wings

On Sundays she walks
On cut glass and rocks
On Monday she falls
From the sheerest of walls
On Tuesday she screams
Black words in her dreams
On Friday she lies
And a part of her dies

But when she sings
I hear the crash of angel wings
When she sings I hear the crash of wings

Here she comes
Like rumbling drums
She's swinging her skirts
She's talking in spurts
Now she's reading my books
Now she's giving me looks
As she slips and sways
Through murmering days

And when she sings
I hear the crash of angel wings
When she sings
I hear the crash of angel wings
When she sings I hear the crash of wings

Here she comes
Like rumbling drums
Here she comes
Like rumbling drums
Like rumbling drums
Like rumbling drums

 

[fox69]

"The Earth Only Endures"

"The Earth Only Endures"


[American Indian Chant]

The old man said
The earth only endures
You spoke truly
You were right

The old man said
The earth only endures
You spoke truly
You were right

Only the mountains live forever
Only the earth endures
Only the earth endures
Only the earth endures
Only the earth endures

The old man said
The earth only endures
You spoke truly
You were right
You were right
You were right

 

[fox69]

"The Faery's Last Song"

"The Faery's Last Song"



Man has the fields of heaven
But soulless a faery dies
As a leaf that is old and withered
And cold when the winter winds arise.

Soon shall our wings be stilled
And our laughter over and done
So let us dance on the waves
Let us dance in the sun.

Soon shall our wings be stilled
And our laughter over and done
So let us dance on the waves
Let us dance in the sun.

 

[fox69]

"The Girl In The Swing"

"The Girl In The Swing"




Do you see them coming through fields of snow?
Do you see them riding through fields of snow?
One rides for a woman who has no name
One rides for a king
And one just rides and rides and rides and rides
For the girl in the swing

They race like phantoms in the Belmont light
You see them follow the Belmont light
They ride through places where the walls are white
Where the noble voices of women sing
A brace of thanks and silent night
And a song for the girl in the swing

Well, you just asked me do I know what love is
Well, sure I know, sure I know what love is
It's the thief of sleep, a boy and his dog
A red rubber ball, these old foolish things
A rain that falls a long, long way from home
It lives in the girl in the swing!
It lives in the girl in the swing...

 

[fox69]

"The Hosting Of The Shee"

"The Hosting Of The Shee"



The host is riding from Knocknarea
And over the grave of Clooth-na-Bare
Caoilte tossing his burning hair
And Niamh calling: 'Away, come away'
'Away, come away, away, away'.

The winds awaken, the leaves whirl round
Our cheeks are pale, our hair is unbound
Our breasts are heaving, our eyes are agleam
Empty your heart of its mortal dream.

The host is riding from Knocknarea
And over the grave of Clooth-na-Bare
Caoilte tossing his burning hair
And Niamh calling: 'Away, come away'
'Away, come away, away, away'.

Our armsa-wave, our lips are apart
And if anything gaze on our rushing band
We come between him and the hope of his heart
We come between him and the deed of his hand.

The host is riding from Knocknarea
And over the grave of Clooth-na-Bare
Caoilte tossing his burning hair
And Niamh calling: 'Away, come away'
'Away, come away, away, away, away, away...'.

 

[fox69]

"The Ladder"

"The Ladder"



Once in my lifetime
I intend to see
The ladder ascending
In front of me

Once in my lifetime
I intend to see
The ladder ascending
In front of me

I've been searching without
I've been searching within
Up, down, all around, roundabout
Here and there, out and in

Because once in my lifetime
I intend to see
The ladder ascending
In front of me

I have a come a long way
Over oceans and hills
I'm weary and unwhole
And I need my cup refilled

Once in my lifetime
I intend to see
The ladder ascending
In front of me

 

[fox69]

"The Lake Isle Of Innisfree"

"The Lake Isle Of Innisfree"



I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree
Nine bean rows will I have there, a hive for the honeybee
And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made
And I will live alone in the bee-loud glade.

And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow
Where midnight's all a-glimmer and noon a purple glow
Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings
And the evening full, full of the linnet's wings.

I will arise and go now for always night and day
While I stand on the roadside or on the pavements gray
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore
I hear it in the deep, the deep heart's core.

There midnight's all a-glimmer and noon a purple glow
I will arise and go.

 

[fox69]

"The Late Train To Heaven"

"The Late Train To Heaven"



I was talking to John
He was dressed all in black
He was learning, he said
To never look back
Bells in his ears
He turned and disappeared
But I've known him for years
Where'd he go?
A head full of snow
On the late train to heaven

Augustus my friend
Dressed in velvet and scarf
He's purging himself
He's refusing to laugh
Pale as the moon
His words fill the room
He'll be travelling soon
Where's he bound?
Higher ground
On the late train to heaven

I whispered to you now
But I didn't mean a word
It was just a small madness
Pretend you never heard
Pretend you're here with Larry
Pretend you're here with Lee
Pretend you're with anyone but me
I didn't come with you, I'm gone
And my seat's waiting on
The late train
Forever on the late
The late train
I'm ready for the late
The late train to heaven

 

[fox69]

"The Madness Is Here Again"

"The Madness Is Here Again"



I can't sleep
I can't get my breath
I can't stop talkin'
And I look like death
The madness...
The madness...
The madness is here again!

My hands are tied
I'm nailed to the floor
I feel like I'm knockin'
On the unknown door
The madness...
The madness...
The madness is here again!

Now the wrecker busts loose
He's swinging a chain
Shouting out something
That sounds like my name
The madness...
The madness...
The madness is here again!

Can you feel it?
Can you feel it coming?

 

[fox69]

"The Man With The Wind At His Heels"

"The Man With The Wind At His Heels"



There’s a day for the king in his counting house
There’s a day for the fool at the wheel
There’s a day for the ships to go slouching south
And a day for the man with the wind at his heels
A day for the man with the wind at his heels

There’s a day to ride thumb on a thunderhead
There’s a day to make fantasy real
There’s a day to deny and a day to decry
And a day for the man the wind at his heels
A day for the man with the wind at his heels

Sing one for the clown in his wintermind
Sing one for his loathsome ordeal
Sing one for the deed and the fate entwined
And sing one for the man with the wind at his heels
One for the man with the wind at his heels