The Waterboys

[fox69]

"It's Gonna Rain"

"It's Gonna Rain"



It's gonna rain
It's gonna rain
A time is coming when you're
Gonna have to taste your pain

It's gonna break
It's gonna break
From the cities of the poor
All the way to your front gate

You're golden
You're so high
You're beautiful
- but you're a lie

It's gonna crash
It's gonna crash
Like a feather in a landslide
Like a piece of trash

It's gonna fall
It's gonna fall
It's gonna tumble, crumble
Wasn't built to last at all

You're golden
You're so fine
You're beautiful
- but you're out of time

It's gonna burn
It's gonna burn
How will you eat your words
When it comes to be your turn?

It's gonna rain....
It's gonna rain....

 

[fox69]

"Jack Of Diamonds"

"Jack Of Diamonds"



I'm still looking
For the Jack Of Diamonds
But it's so hard
Living through every card in the pack
There are too many Spades to dig with
There are too many clubs to get hit with
And I've got fifty four hearts
To get all broken up with

 

[fox69]

"Killing My Heart"

"Killing My Heart"



Now he's brought down the rain and the indian summer is through
You'll be dancing down the country in the morningtime if I know you
You ain't calling me to join you and I'm spoken for anyway
But you'll be killing my heart
When you go away

Shall we gather by the river for to hear the lovely thunder crash?
Shall we sail now in your speeding bonnie boat here and gone like a splash?
You will see me, small, receding, mouth hung open, words I cannot say
You'll be killing my heart
When you go away

Mike Rogers left his whisky and the night is very very young
I've much to say and more to tell - the words will soon be spilling from my tongue
I'll rave and I will ramble, I'll do everything but make you stay
You'll be killing my heart
When you go away

 

[fox69]

"Kiss The Wind"

"Kiss The Wind"



Once upon a time, a time, a time, a time, a time, a time
I lived here
Once upon a time, a time, a time, a time, a time, a time
I lived here

I lay my head on a pillow of sky
And I kiss the wind
And heard it sigh

Once upon a time
I lived here
In the fever of a dream, a dream, a dream, a dream, a dream, a dream
I loved here
In the fever of a dream, a dream, a dream, a dream, a dream, a dream
I loved here

Fell, heart and body
Soul and mind
I left all over worlds
Behind
In the fever of a dream
I loved here

The hour has come, its come, its come, its come, its come, its come, its come, its come
To leave here
The hour has come, its come, its come, its come, its come, its come, its come, its come
To leave here

I'll take whatever
Is mine to take
Free my heart before
It breaks
The hour has come
To leave here

 

[fox69]

"Let It Happen"

"Let It Happen"



Such a sad procession, winding down the lane
And what a strange impression is branded on my brain
A band was playing -- endless, mindless
It was like a hooligan's lament
It was dumb, but it was timeless
I still don't know what it meant

And whatever needs to happen
Let it happen, let it be
Through all I am protected
Grace is effected
Over me

Behold the lights of London!
The skipper said that his hands shook
His aura eaten by his jealously and all the drugs he took
He said "This is the real world buddy!
Toughen up your ass, or it'll break."
I said "I'm not your buddy, buddy,
and your real world is a fake."

(Here comes the peace campaigner
She says the end justifies her means
Her words so full of reason fell like napalm on my dreams
I said "Peace is not a word, never!"
She calls me traitor, I just grin
I said "You've gotta live it every moment,
or else you're just sucking wind")

And whatever needs to happen
Let it happen, let it be
Through all I am protected
Grace is effected
Over me

(The DJ casts his malediction
As the wedding guests appear
It was as cruel as any fiction
I still carry the souvenir)
(The DJ took his vengeance
As the wedding guests arrived
There was malice in his handshake
Quicksand in his eyes)
As he slunk across the courtyard
From far off I heard a horn
Somewhere in the bleak mid-distance
Something beautiful is born

And whatever needs to happen
Let it happen, let it be
Through all I am protected
Grace is effected
Over me

I stumbled down a street of shadows
A black alleluia split the night
(Prostitutes / Anarchists) and priests were playing stripjack
Underneath the cruel lamplight
I came upon a weeping soldier
He said "I'm all washed up now, huh"
But when I glanced across his shoulder
He held a royal flush

And whatever needs to happen
Let it happen, let it be
Through all I am protected
Grace is effected
Over me

I'm still here, I'm still wheeling
I'm who I thought I was, or just about
I'll be walking down this boulevard
Until my legs give out
Thoughts like storms and seas are raging
I know it is a matter of degree
But it's not the world outside that's changing
It's ME!

And whatever needs to happen
Let it happen, let it be
Through all I am protected
Grace is effected
Over me
Over me
Over me
Over me
Over me
Over me
Over me
Grace is effected
Over me

 

[fox69]

"Let Me Feel Holy Again"

"Let Me Feel Holy Again"



There's a man that I know
In trouble, afraid and in need of a friend
Please, Lord, let me feel holy again

Am I hurting myself
Or am I low as I can bend?
Please, Lord, let me feel holy again

I've spread my wings and I know many things
But knowing isn't real
I know you're walking with me
I know you're talking with me
But how long, Lord, before I can feel?

If I've got a long way to go
I'll use every minute that you send
Please, Lord, let me feel holy again

 

[fox69]

"Let The Earth Bear Witness"

"Let The Earth Bear Witness"



They shall be remembered for ever
They shall be alive for ever
They shall be speaking for ever
The people shall hear them for ever.

Let the sea bear witness
Let the wind bear witness
Let the earth bear witness
Let the stars bear witness.

They shall be remembered for ever
They shall be alive for ever
They shall be speaking for ever
The people shall hear them for ever.

Let the sea bear witness
Let the wind bear witness
Let the earth bear witness
Let the stars bear witness.

They shall be remembered for ever
They shall be alive for ever
They shall be speaking for ever
The people shall hear them for ever.

They shall be remembered for ever (let the sea bear witness)
They shall be alive for ever
They shall be speaking for ever (let the wind bear witness)
The people shall hear them for ever.

They shall be remembered for ever (let the earth bear witness)
They shall be alive for ever
They shall be speaking for ever (let the stars bear witness)
The people shall hear them for ever.

 

[fox69]

"Lonesome And A Long Way From Home"

"Lonesome And A Long Way From Home"



Every face I see is a stranger
Every step I take I see danger
I must have walked one thousand miles on my own as I roam,
Lost and lonesome and a long long way from home

The man I used be has disappeared
I haven't heard him laugh for a hundred years
My courage has abandoned me, my spirit too has flown, and I'm alone,
Lost and lonesome and a long long way from home

There is light at the end of the road I am told,
Peace in the valley and a city of gold
I must be facing backwards because all I can see
Is a storm-black rain cloud falling on me

All my dreams have been broken
Oaths and prayerwords have been spoken
There's nothing in this godalmighty world will soften up my heart of stone
I'm lost and lonesome and a long long way from home

 

[fox69]

"Lonesome Old Wind"

"Lonesome Old Wind"



Though I try
Hard as I can to fly free
That lonesome old wind keeps blowing me

I would stay
Where your loving warms me night and day
Close to thee
But that lonesome old wind keeps blowing me

You say this time
I must be out of my mind
Oh and I'm sure it's true
But that old wind is bending me
That old wind is sending me
And letting go is all I know how to do

Sometimes
There's a small boy in this head of mine
Whispers "let it be"
But that lonesome old wind keeps blowing me

 

[fox69]

"Long Way To The Light"

"Long Way To The Light"



I'm sitting in my bedroom
Overlooking Findhorn Bay
Cluny Hill ion the distance
Summer on the way
Blue skies and sailing boats
Like a picture in a book
I can't believe I got here
Or how long it took

Living one step at a time
Putting one foot in front of the other
It sure feels right
Healing on my mind
Been a long way
Been a long way to the light

I'd made it to Manhattan
Built myself a nest
I meant to get right back to doing
Exactly what I do best:
Pluggin in an electric guitar,
Leading a band
Well, if you want to give God a laugh
- tell him your plans!

Summer in the city
Wilting in the heat
Buzzing up and down to Bearsville
And back to Hudson Street
I learned meditation
And how to visualise -
Just breathing, being still
Never felt more alive!

Living one step at a time...

I spent the fall in transit
Circling the moon
Like a cat on a hot tin roof
Like a fiddle without a tune
I found what I was searching for
In Mrs Caddy's book
I had to go there straightaway
Have myself a look

I flew back to Scotland
Anticipation in my bones
The old country welcoming me
Like a prodigal coming home
I knelt and kissed the tarmac
In the wild atlantic rain
Felt the fiery gaelic blood
Rising in my veins

Living one step at a time...

I spent the night in Glasgow
Flew to Inverness
I found the Place and at the first
I was not impressed
Nobody said hello
The faces left me cold
Back then how was I to know
All that would unfold?

I entered the Sanctuary
- heard the voice of a girl
Sending out a circle of light
Clear across the world
I shuddered in the Power
Like a seedling in a storm
I've been travelling to this place
Since the moment I was born

Flew back to New York City
Singing the big city blues
The sand of Findhorn Bay
Still clingin to my shoes
I tried to re-start my life
But the life I knew was gone
I had to let go everything
But that's another song!

Living one step at a time...

So I'm sitting in my bedroom
Overlooking Findhorn Bay
Cluny Hill in the distance
Summer on the way
I'm watching sailing boats
Bobbing to and fro
- time to hit the road
The only way I know...

Living one step at a time...