The Waterboys

[fox69]

"The New Life"

"The New Life"



I've burned my bridges
And I'm free at last
All my chains are
In the past
The new life starts here

(I was trying to get happy
I thought it was hard
Until I found that
In my own back yard
The new life starts here)

The day is wide open
The sky is blue
The world is a miracle
And so are you
The new life starts here

My papers arrived
Stamped and complete
All previous dispatches
Are obsolete
The new life starts here

I can see my way so clear
Rejoice for...
The new life starts here

There's a war in the Gulf
But it ain't in my head
I just declared a state of
Peace instead
The new life starts here

(Tempters and tricksters
Banging at my door
I'm not fighting with them
Anymore
The new life starts here

Users, abusers,
Banging at my door
I'm not fighting with them
Anymore
The new life starts here

Tempsters and tricksters
Wondering how
To seize my attention
They cannot touch me now
The new life starts here)

Generals, Presidents
How do you do?
I can make it with or
Without you
The new life starts here

I can see my way so clear
Rejoice for...
The new life starts here

Are you under the Mercy?
Are you under attack?
Are you going forward?
Are you going back?
The new life starts here

(Are you coming to grips?
Are you coming apart?
Are you listening to fear?
Or to your heart?
The new life starts here

Are you building heaven
Or are you building hell?
When that great day comes
Will you be able to tell?
The new life starts here)

Citizen, criminal, child
Woman or man
The keys to the Kingdom
Are in your own hands
The new life starts here

(God of our love
Who ignited the sun
Not my will
But thine be done
The new life starts here)

Mock the devil
Make him sweat!
He hasn't won
The battle yet
The new life starts here

(A whole new age in seven more years
A brave new age in ten more years)
Rejoice for...
The new life starts here

 

[fox69]

"The Pan Within"

"The Pan Within"



Come with me
On a journey beneath the skin
Come with me
On a journey under the skin
We will look together
For the Pan within

Close your eyes
Breathe slow we'll begin
Close your eyes
Breathe slow and we will begin
To look together
For the Pan within

Swing your hips
Loose your head, and let it spin
Swing your hips
Loose you head, and let it spin
And we will look together
For the Pan within

Close your eyes
Breathe slow and we will begin
Close your eyes
Breathe slow and we will begin
To look together
For the Pan within

Put your face in my window
Breathe a night full of treasures
The wind is delicious
Sweet and wild with the promise of pleasure
The stars are alive
And nights like these
Were born to be
Sanctified by you and me
Lovers, thieves, fools and pretenders
And all we gotta do is surrender

Come with me
On a journey under the skin
Come with me
On a journey under the skin
And we will look together
For the Pan within
When to be with you
Is not a sin
When to be with you, oh just to be with you
Is not a sin
We will look together
For the Pan within

 

[fox69]

"The Raggle Taggle Gypsy"

"The Raggle Taggle Gypsy"



There were three old gypsies came to our hall door
they came brave and boldly-o
And one sang high and the other sang low
and the other sang a raggle taggle gypsy-o

It was upstairs downstairs the lady went
put on her suit of leather-o
And there was a cry from around the door
she's away wi' the raggle taggle gypsy-o

It was late that night when the Lord came in
enquiring for his lady-o
And the servant girl she said to the Lord
"She's away wi' the raggle taggle gypsy-o"

"Then saddle for me my milk white steed
- my big horse is not speedy-o
And I will ride till I seek my bride
she's away wi' the raggle taggle gypsy-o"

Now he rode East and he rode West
he rode North and South also
Until he came to a wide open plain
it was there that he spied his lady-o

"How could you leave your goose feather bed
your blankeys strewn so comely-o?
And how could you leave your newly wedded Lord
all for a raggle taggle gypsy-o?"

"What care I for my goose feather bed
wi' blankets strewn so comely-o?
Tonight I lie in a wide open field
in the arms of a raggle taggle gypsy-o"

"How could you leave your house and your land?
how could you leave your money-o?
How could you leave your only wedded Lord
all for a raggle taggle gypsy-o?"

"What care I for my house and my land?
what care I for my money-o?
I'd rather have a kiss from the yellow gypsy's lips
I'm away wi' the raggle taggle gypsy-o!"

 

[fox69]

"The Return Of Jimi Hendrix"

"The Return Of Jimi Hendrix"



I dreamed about Jimi Hendrix
He came back for one day
Was born weepin' out of an egg
The mid-wife said
And straight away began to pray
With lifted head

He spent the early hours
Communing with the morning stars
And then he came over to my house
Where he tried out my guitar

He was young and black and beautiful
Big eyed, perfect skin an'
He played my guitar like a lightning storm
Like twirlin' feathers in the wind
He could make it sound like the end of the world
A fire, the flick of a knife
He could squeeze it slow and masterful
Like the hand that brought the world to life

Together we strolled in sculptured gardens
Passed the sleepy afternoon
Maids were dartin' back and forth
From a window came a violin tune
Angels, dressed as nurses toyed with playin' cards
Looters, sprung from prisons filled the yard

A yellow sun hung low and dawned,
And as it dipped
Jimi stood up straight, grinned
And shook his velvet hips

Callin' himself "King Electric"
In the evening he went wild
Played on a dozen stages
In the clubs of New York -
Lit the city end to end
Wired it up, fired it up
Scarved, bejewelled, long-legged, snake-limbed
Athletic, driven, dangerous

He made all Manhattan shake
And every street and sidewalk quake
His stratocaster caused the mighty Empire State
To vibrate
His whammy bar caused shock-eyed punks from
Hackensack and Yonkers
Raised on speed-metal and rap
To enter trance and levitate

He played "Purple Haze" in Pyramid,
Voodoo Child at Sin E,
Up From the Skies and "Stone Free"
In King Tut's Wah-Wah hut

He did a forty-two minute
Karmic rising future shock
Star Spangled Banner
In the back of CBGB's

He stopped every clock in New York state
And every heart that heard him
And time itself was beaten and confused
And fell lamb-like under the spell of his fabulous flashing fingers

He played an encore at the Bitter End
A heartburst "Little Wing"
Even the waiters cried
And then we fell outside
And in the dusty dawn of Bleeker street
A sweet rain fell
And Jimi died

 

[fox69]

"The Return Of Pan"

"The Return Of Pan"



I stood upon the balcony with my brand new bride
the clink of bells came drifting down the mountainside
When in our sight something moved
- lightning eyed and cloven hooved -
The great god Pan is alive!

He moves amid the modern world in disguise
it's possible to look into his immortal eyes
He's like a man you'd meet anyplace
Until you recognise that ancient face
The great god Pan is alive!

At sea on a ship in a thunder storm
on the very night that Christ was born
A sailor heard from overhead
a mighty voice cry "Pan is dead!"
So follow Christ as best you can
Pan is dead! Long Live Pan!

From the olden days and up through all the years
from Arcadia to the stone fields of Inisheer
Some say the Gods are just a myth
but guess who I've been dancing with
The great god Pan is alive!

 

[fox69]

"The Star And The Sea"

"The Star And The Sea"



What is between the star and the sea?
A bird as bright as a bird can be
What is between the bird and me?
Only a star, only the sea
Only a star, only the sea

 

[fox69]

"The Stolen Child"

"The Stolen Child"



Come away, human child
To the water
Come away, human child
To the water and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand
For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand

Where dips the rocky highland
Of Sleuth Wood in the lake
There lies a leafy island
Where flapping herons wake
The drowsy water rats;
There we've hid our faery vats
Full of berries
And of reddest stolen cherries

Come away, human child
To the water
Come away, human child
To the water and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand
For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand

Where the wave of moonlight glosses
The dim gray sands with light
Far off by furthest Rosses
We foot it all the night
Weaving olden dances
Mingling hands and mingling glances
Till the moon has taken flight;
To and fro we leap
And chase the frothy bubbles
While the world is full of troubles
And is anxious in its sleep

Come away, human child
To the water
Come away, human child
To the water and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand
For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand

Where the wandering water gushes
From the hills above Glen-Car
In pools among the rushes
The scarce could bathe a star
We seek for slumbering trout
And whispering in their ears
We give them unquiet dreams;
Leaning softly out
From ferns that drop their tears
Over the young streams

Away with us he's going
The solemn-eyed:
He'll hear no more the lowing
Of the calves on the warm hillside;
Or the kettle on the hob
Sing peace into his breast
Or see the brown mice bob
Around and around the oatmeal-chest

For he comes, the human child
To the water
He comes, the human child
To the water and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand
From a world more full of weeping than he can understand
Human child
Human child
With a faery, hand in hand
From a world more full of weeping than he can understand...
Than he can understand...
He can understand...

 

[fox69]

"The Three Day Man"

"The Three Day Man"



I'm the three day man
It's three days too long
Everything is in its right place but
Something is wrong
Time is on wheels
And my legs shake
I have to live with every decision
That you make

And that doesn't mean
That I'll be your slave
It doesn't mean you're here to stay
It doesn't mean we're friends for life
You know I want you
You know that I love you
But I'll never need you anyway
I'll never need you anyway

Sixes and sevens
Oh how it rains
Sleep is a station
Life is a train
People snatch instinctively for
Whatever crutch they need
But I promise not to abuse you
If you don't love me leave

And that means
That I'll be never your slave
It means that you're not here to stay
Means that we're not friends for life
You know how I want you
You know that I love you
But I'll never need you anyway
I'll never need you anyway
Never need you anyway

And that means
That I'll be never your slave
It means you're not here to stay
Means we're not friends for life
You know how I want you
You know that I love you

But I'll never need you anyway
I'll never need you anyway
I'll never need you anyway
Never need you anyway
I'll never need you anyway
I'll never need you!

 

[fox69]

"The Thrill Is Gone"

"The Thrill Is Gone"



I'm too tired to deceive you
We can't pretend there's nothing wrong
Who'll be the first to say it?
That the thrill is gone
And we never get it back...

When we talk of old aquaintance and
Speak like two strangers all day long
The only four words that I hear
Are "the thrill is gone"
And we never get it back...

When evening falls magenta
And goodnight hangs on and on
I won't need to go to sleep and dream to tell me
That the thrill is gone
And we never get it back...

 

[fox69]

"The Waves"

"The Waves"



When I walk barefoot on the soil in the morning
I can feel the heartbeat of the holy earth
Under my feet

And when I climb high among the hills, schooled in wonder
I can feel the hurtling and the moving of the soul of the world
As it speaks to me

And when I fall into illusion's arms, even unto darkness
Still I feel the power of the unquenchable light
As it holds me

And when I die, I'm going back over, I'm going back over
In the boxcar of my soul to the high far summerlands
Where I began
Where I began