The Waterboys

[fox69]

"Always Dancing, Never Getting Tired"

"Always Dancing, Never Getting Tired"



I've climbed high with you
I've run dry with you
I've climbed high with you
I've run dry with you
How did I find you?
How did I lose you?
How did I find you?
How did I lose you?

Always dancing, always dancing
Never ever getting tired
Always dancing, always dancing
Never ever getting tired

Millions of people
Every one like you
Millions of people
Every one like you
I feel you move me
In such sweet silence
I feel you move me
In such sweet silence

Always dancing, always dancing
Never ever getting tired
Always dancing, always dancing
Never getting getting tired

I don't know where I
Get all my tears from
I don't know where I
Get all my tears from
I don't know where I
Get all my tears from
I don't know where I
Get all my tears from

Always dancing, always dancing
Never ever getting tired
Always dancing, always dancing
Never ever getting tired

Underneath are the everlasting arms

 

[fox69]

"An Irish Airman Foresees His Death"

"An Irish Airman Foresees His Death"



I know that I shall meet my fate somewhere among the clouds above
Those that I fight I do not hate, those that I guard I do not love
My country is Kiltartan Cross, my countrymen Kiltartan's poor
No likely end could bring them loss or leave them happier than before.

Nor law, nor duty bade me fight, nor public men, nor cheering crowds
A lonely impulse of delight drove to this tumult in the clouds
I balanced all, brought all to mind, the years to come seemed waste of breath
A waste of breath the years behind in balance with this life, this death
A waste of breath the years behind in balance with this life, this death.

 

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"Anatomy Of A Love Affair"

"Anatomy Of A Love Affair"



You got me cheap, wherein I was wounded
back in the days of woe
You got me cheap, wherein I was wounded
back in the days of woe

I then deceived us, I then deceived us,
I then deceived us both
You used your lure then sex and affection
to train me like a beast

I left the money be, I left the money be,
I left the money behind
I left the money be, I left the money be
I left the money behind

 

[fox69]

"And A Bang On The Ear"

"And A Bang On The Ear"



Lindsay was my first love she was in my class
I would have loved to take her out but I was too shy to ask
The fullness of my feeling was never made clear
But I send her my love with a bang on the ear

Nora was my girl when I first was in a group
I can still see her to this day, stirring chicken soup
Now she's living in Australia working for an auctioneer
But I send her my love with a bang on the ear

Deborah broke my heart and I the willing fool
I fell for her one summer on the road to Liverpool
I thought it was forever but it was over in a year (oh dear)
But I give her my love with a bang on the ear

The home I made with Bella became a house of pain
We weathered it together bound by a ball and chain
Is started up in Fife, and ended up in tears (oh dear)
But I send her my love with a bang on the ear

Krista was a rover from Canada she hailed
We crossed swords in San Francisco we both lived to tell the tale
I don't know now where she is oh but if I had her here
I'd give her my love with a bang on the ear

So my woman of the hearthfire, harbour of my soul
I watch you lightly sleeping and sense the dream that does unfold (like gold)
You to me are treasure, you to me are dear
So I'll give you my love with a bang on the ear

 

[fox69]

"Another Kind Of Circus"

"Another Kind Of Circus"



Billy and Eve
Are getting ready to leave
Their empty room
And their sad bare walls
They'll get burned but they don't care
They know what they'll do when they get there

Rose and Trudi
Are hearing voices
Telling them it's high time
High time they made their move
They'll get burned but they don't care
They know what they'll do when they get there

Me and Ruthy
We're late again
But our hearts are in
The right direction
We've been up together most of the night
Convincing each other what we're doing is right
No sense in living something you don't believe
So we're all ready to leave
All moving on
To another kind of circus

 

[fox69]

"Be My Enemy"

"Be My Enemy"



Well the dawn is howling
And the mainframe shakes
Feel like I've been sleeping in a
Cellar full of snakes
My wings have been clipped
My shoes have been stuck with glue
Well if you'll be my enemy
I'll be your enemy too

Now I've got goons on my landing
Thieves on my trail
Nazis on my telephone
Willing me to fail
They were all sent by someone
(Obviously/Well I know it was) you!
Well if you'll be my enemy
I'll be your enemy too

I've a bucketful of Babylon
I got a handful of lead
I'm gonna put them in a gun man
Point it at your head
Because you stole all my friends
And you gave me the buffalo blues
Well if you'll be my enemy
I'll be your enemy too

Now from the slime on your tongue
To the nails on your toes
From the scales on your skin
To the stains on your clothes
You're gonna have to make me do something
That I do not want to do
But if you'll be my enemy
I'll be your enemy too

My hands are tied
I'm nailed to the floor
Feel like I'm knocking on the
Unknown door
There's a gun at my back
A blade at my throat
I keep finding hate mail
In the pockets of my coat
Well I've been trying to grow
I been cooling my heels
I've have been working the treadmill
I've been working in the fields
And I can't get to sleep
I can't catch my breath
I can't stop talking and I
Look like death
But I will put right this disgrace
I will rearrange you
If you'll be my enemy
I'll be your enemy too
If you'll be my enemy
I'll be your enemy too
Be my enemy!

 

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"Before The World Was Made"

"Before The World Was Made"



If I make the lashes dark and the eyes more bright
And the lips more scarlet or ask if all be right
From mirror after mirror, no vanity's displayed
I'm looking for the face I had before the world was made
Yes, I'm looking for the face I had before the world was made.

What if I look upon a man as though on my beloved?
And my blood be cold the while and my heart unmoved?
Why should he think me cruel or that he is betrayed?
I'd have him love the thing that was before the world was made
Oh, I'd have him love the thing that was before the world was made.
Yes, I'd have him love the thing that was before the world was made.

 

[fox69]

"Beverly Penn"

"Beverly Penn"



Girl sleeping on a mansion roof
Under a wintery sky
Wrapped she is in furs and sable,
Starlight in her eye
And what is the name of this creature?
Where did she live and when?
Who was she and why was it
That Peter Lake loved Beverly Penn

Four o'clock on a marble morning,
Water pouring on her skin
In fever her life bursts open
And a hurricane blows in
When high from the dreams of this creature
A thief on a horse descends
It was dawn and it was december
And Peter Lake loved Beverly Penn

It was all of a windy day
And the sky was full of crows
When her lovely soul ascended
~ she just closed her heart and rose
And whither the soul of this creature?
Tell me the story again
of scarves and songs and the skin of space
and how Peter Lake loved Beverly Penn

I would dive in a freezing river,
set fire to a hundred men
if I could for just one time
love somebody the way that he loved Beverly Penn

 

[fox69]

"Bigger Picture"

"Bigger Picture"



I'm starting to see a bigger picture
I'm beginning to colour it in
I'm starting to see a bigger picture
I'm beginning to colour it in

My soul the sky, my heart a sun
my mind a world - my only one
My thoughts the people, the world around
My dreams the kings - or the clowns

I'm starting to see a bigger picture
I'm beginning to colour it in
I'm starting to see a bigger picture
I'm beginning to colour it in

The continents and the seven oceans
bound the range of my emotions
My time is long but not forever
My moods are the changing wind and weather

I'm starting to see a bigger picture
I'm beginning to colour it in
I'm starting to see a bigger picture
I'm beginning to colour it in

Colour it in!
Colour it in!

 

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"Billy Sparks"

"Billy Sparks"



What shall I give you to make you take down your dress
what shall I give you to make you take down your dress
Will you show me where the party is
And we'll put you to some quiet caravan
And as sure as my name's Billy Sparks I'm your man
Singing doodoo doo doodoo
doodoo doo doodoo
Doodoo doo doodoo
doodoo doo doodoo

Where will I find you when siesta comes
tell me where will I find you when siesta comes
Hasta manana by the sycamore tree
well you just sat someplace else looking for me
And when I find you singing doodoo doo doodoo
dodoo doo doodoo
Doodoo doo doodoo
doodoo doo doodoo
Doodoo doo doodoo

And we're gonna dance Electric Fantastic
we're gonna dance Electric Fantastic
Yeah, go on and tell everybody that you know
brush your hair up in a big red bow
And all we need
is a bottle and a broomstick, yeah!
Singing doodoo doo doodoo
doodoo doo doodoo
Singing doodoo doo doodoo
singing doodoo doo doodoo

Hey!