The Waterboys

[fox69]

"Blues For Your Baby"

"Blues For Your Baby"



Well, Mister Saxman, how do you do?
There's nobody here but me and you
You've been blowin' all night I know and you need your rest
But before you go to bed, man, I've got one request

You played a blues for your baby
Now play a blues for me
You played a blues for your baby
Now play a blues for me

Ah, Mister Saxman, don't be shy
Don't be complaining that your mouth is dry
I got a bottle of something right here in my coat
Stone guaranteed to lubricate your throat

You played a blues for your baby
Now play a blues for me
You played a blues for your baby
Now play a blues for me

Now, Mister Saxman, I know you play your horn
Like every shred of your soul was tattered and torn
You can make it sound like crying
You make it sound like a full flood of tears
Bring that thing over here

Let me hear you play it for the lost and the lonely
Play it for the tricked and misused
I want to hear you play it for every storm-blown disappointed soul
For every heart that's been abused

Let me hear you play it for all the women in the world
And make it blue
And Mister Saxman, play it for me
Because I'm hurting too

You played a blues for your baby
Now play a blues for me
You played a blues for your baby
Now play a blues for me

 

[fox69]

"Bring 'Em All In"

"Bring 'Em All In"



Bring 'em all in, bring'em all in, bring 'em all in,
Bring 'em all in, bring 'em all into my heart
Bring 'em all in, bring 'em all in, bring 'em all in
Bring 'em all in, bring 'em all into my heart

Bring the little fishes
Bring the sharks
Bring 'em from the brightness
Bring 'em from the dark

Bring 'em from the caverns
Bring 'em from the heights
Bring 'em from the shadows
Stand 'em in the light

Bring 'em out of purdah
Bring 'em out of store
Bring 'em out of hiding
Lay them at my door

Bring the unforgiven
Bring the unredeemed
Bring the lost, the nameless
Let 'em all be seen
Bring 'em out of exile
Bring 'em out of sleep
Bring 'em to the portal
Lay them at my feet

Bring 'em all in, bring 'em all in, bring 'em all in,
Bring 'em all in, bring 'em all into my heart
Bring 'em all in, bring 'em all in, bring 'em all in
Bring 'em all in,bring 'em all in to my heart

 

[fox69]

"Bury My Heart"

"Bury My Heart"



Bury my soul
Where the dust meets the sea
Turn it loose in a lonely place
Where man can still be free
Make up my clothes and sheets
In a ball, put them in the ground
Tell my children only truths
Teach them to be proud
Tell them dreams and miracles
When thy thunder stops
Bury my heart!

Bury my heart!

I was born a travelling trooper
But I laid my wings to rest
Once I beat myself in squallor
Now I feather up my nest
There are flags in my back yard
Colours on my wall
I pay my servant well
But I made the bastard crawl
And I pretend no blessed evil soul
That I don't hear that thunder start
Bury my heart!

There's a lily in the valley
Where I brought the news to Ro
I offered him my visions but
The heathen rose to go
So I took my shining sabre and I slew
My sinning friend
A christian burial was all he needed
To make him whole again
And I looked up way above me
and God rent the sky apart
Bury my heart!

Bury my heart!
Bury my heart!

We're God's chosen people
This and other truths I know
Put them into vicious practice
Because the bible tells me so
And I drowned the noble savage
In the blessed holy water
I burned his filthy village
And I civilized his daughter

The liars in this world
Who say we shame the blood of Christ
But killing is his mercy
And nits grow into lice

And all those gooks I napalmed
Man, I did it in God's name
When the fools put me on trial I shouted out
I'm not to blame -- I did it for him!
I did it for him!

I did it for him!
He made do it!
He tore the heavens apart

Bury my heart!
Bury my heart!
Bury my heart!

Now I'm going to wilderness
On a horse that I can trust
I will die where I fall
In the hot dry dust
And if you come to that place
Remember this truth

That he who's born to property
Is he who's born to lose
Will you bury my soul
Where the dust meets the sea
Will you bury my heart
At Wounded Knee!
Bury my heart
At Wounded Knee!
Bury my heart
At Wounded Knee!
Bury my heart!

 

[fox69]

"Cathy"

"Cathy"



Cathy so crazy 'bout all the latest fashions
Sits in her empty room staring at the wall
She lives in a castle somewhere in the mountains
Oh I wish that she was in love with me
In love with me

Watch her as she looks up from the pages of her paper
She tosses her head and slowly looks away
Pours another measure from her half empty bottle
Oh I wish that she was in love with me
In love with me
Oh I wish that she was in love with me

Slowly she pours herself another picture
Sinks down into her oldest saxon chair
Looks up and crosses her heart out with all the debris
Oh I wish that she was in love with me
In love with me!

 

[fox69]

"Church Not Made With Hands"

"Church Not Made With Hands"



Bye-bye shadowlands
The term is over
And all the holidays have begun
Now she walks in fresh fields
Her tracks are on the land

She is everywhere and no place
When it's dark and evening falls
She moves among men
They would seek to have her as a prize
But she is in the shadows
The ocean and the sand

She is everywhere and no place
Her church not made with hands
Not contained by man

She is dancing high as clouds
Faster than the arrow
As straight as any crows that flies
Accross great seas she travels
Up through rising lands

She is everywhere and no place
Her church not made with hands
Not contained by man

Isn't that a pretty sun
Setting in a pretty sky?
Will we stay and watch it darken?
Will we stay and watch it darken?

The church not made by hands
Not contained by man
That precious place
Unmade by man

 

[fox69]

"Come Live With Me"

"Come Live With Me"



Come live with me and be my love
Share my bread and wine
Be a part of me, the heart of me
Be mine

Come live with me and be my love
Let our dreams combine
Be wife to me, be life to me
Be mine

With these hands I will build a roof
To shield your head
And with these hands I will carve the wood
For our baby's bed

Come live with me and be my love
And let me love you all the time
Be mate to me, be fate to me
Be mine

I will try to do my best for you
I swear, I promise you
I will cry for you, I will comfort you
My whole life through

Come live with me and be my love
Share my bread and wine
Be a part of me, be the heart of me
Be mine

 

[fox69]

"Corn Circles"

"Corn Circles"



Corn Circles
Appearing all over the land
Corn Circles
Appearing all over the land
Nobody knows where they come from
Nobody understands

Corn Circles
Mysterious symbols in the fields
Corn Circles
Mysterious symbols in the fields
No one knows - are they phony
Or maybe are they real?

Corn Circles!
Corn Circles!

Corn Circles
Is somebody playing a trick?
Corn Circles
Pixies, witches, hoaxers
Take your pick
Throw a few theories out there
See what sticks!

Corn Circles!
Corn Circles!

Corn Circles
Patterns in the gold
Corn Circles
Pretty patterns in the gold
Like something out of the future
Or something very old

Corn Circles!
Corn Circles!

 

[fox69]

"Crown"

"Crown"



I've had money, and I've lost it
seen an ocean, nearly crossed it
I have been to another world and I have returned
and for every high joy a hard lesson learnt

But when love comes tumbling down
I will wear a crown

I've had power, I've used and abused it
tasted glory, I have wooed and refused it
Tried to live in a sacred way, I did and I did not
and for everything I've lost, there's been something else I've got

But when love comes tumbling down
I will wear a crown

I've been up and I've been down
sometimes almost level with the ground
Once in every hundred years I can
still remember who I am

Been in danger, I tried to face it
I saw a mirage, and for seven years I chased it
I'm not through with my changes,
I've got a long way still to run
I'm going to play this show even if nobody comes

But when love comes tumbling down
when love comes tumbling down
When love comes tumbling down
I will wear a crown

 

[fox69]

"Custer's Blues"

"Custer's Blues"



Well you look just like General Custer
On the day of his last stand
Heading up proud and glorious
Singing "this land is my land"
Sword it by your side
And map in your hand
Heading up into the rain
Singing "this land is my land"

Now I've seen your dust arising
Lord, your horses smell
I've seen you crossing across the bad lands
And I've seen you towing your line as well
I've watched you when you're sleeping
I've seen you filling up your can
Singing as you work
That this land is my land

You're busting into my country
Messing up my fields
Playing games in my holy places
Tearing the earth with your wheels
right now your star is ascending
And your head is busting with pride
But I wonder if Custer was still singing
"This land is my land" when he died

Was he still singing "It's is my land" when he died?
Was he singing when he died?

 

[fox69]

"December"

"December"



December is the cruelest month
This time for once my cheeks are warm
After long years in the monkey-house
I am ready for the storm
Let them throw all their cannonballs
Let all their strongmen come
I'm ready to go anywhere
Through venom, sick and scum!

December isn't always cold
This year she's mine, I know why
Somewhere a flower has to grow
For every flower that dies
I'm stricken with fever
But my heart is strong as steel
I'm ready to go anywhere!
I can believe I can feel!

December is a trusted friend
I always recognise her face
It's a plague of fool thrown aside
Forever by her soft and silent grace
She is reckless as a Mayday
Gentle as a stone
She's ready to go anywhere
To carry me back home!

December fell deep in the bleak
Winter time when Jesus Christ
Howled to save your baby's howl
Primal truth as pure as ice
And though we crucified him on a cross
And dragged his word from payer to curse
He was able to go anywhere
He was almost one of us!