 Genius Lyrics
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The Waterboys – Fisherman's Blues
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This song details the desires of someone to lead a life of labourious work, yet finding solace in the isolation that comes with such work, and feeling empowered by the roughness of
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The Waterboys – And a Bang on the Ear
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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
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The Waterboys – Spirit (Full Length)
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Man gets tired, spirit don't / Man surrenders, spirit won't / Man crawls, spirit flies / Spirit lives when man dies / Man seems, spirit is / Man dreams, spirit lives / Man is
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The Waterboys – Sweet Thing
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(Van Morrison, Paul McCartney) / And I will stroll the merry way and jump the hedges first / And I will drink the clear clean water for to quench my thirst / And I shall watch the
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The Waterboys – Red Army Blues
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When I left my home and my family / My mother said to me / "Son, it's not how many Germans you kill that counts / It's how many people you set free! " / So I packed my bags
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The Waterboys – November Tale
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Her communique arrived with its expression of her feeling / I swear I had no idea she'd been holding and concealing / Such a storm of words unsaid / That absurd as it appears / Had
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The Waterboys – December
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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
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The Waterboys – Don’t Bang the Drum
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1st track of the 1985 album This Is The Sea. It’s lyrics encourage environmentalism.
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The Waterboys – The Return of Jimi Hendrix
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I dreamed about Jimi Hendrix / He came back for one day / Was born weepin' out of an egg / The midwife said / And straight away began to pray / With lifted head / He spent the
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The Waterboys – Islandman
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Of my body England is the spine / The backbone and the trunk / My shoulders span the mighty Tyne / London sprawls across my rump / Cornwall my crooked ancient leg / Wales two hands
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The Waterboys – Passing Through
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I saw Adam leave the garden / With an apple in his hand / I said "Now that you're out, what are you gonna do?" / He said "Plant some crops and pray for rain / Maybe raise a little
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The Waterboys – Preparing to Fly
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I'm preparing to fly / Under my own steam / I'm preparing to fly / Into a dream / I'm in love all over again / I'm head over heels / I can't even begin / To tell you how it feels
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The Waterboys – The New Life
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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
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The Waterboys – This Is the Sea
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[Verse 1] / These things you keep / You'd better throw them away / You wanna turn your back / On your soulless days / Once you were tethered / And now you are free / Once you were
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The Waterboys – The Return of Pan
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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
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The Waterboys – Long Strange Golden Road
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[Verse 1] / I was longing to be wooed / I was ready to be humbled / By the words that you had written / By the syllables you mumbled / Yeah, I was ready in my heart / To have my
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The Waterboys – How Long Will I Love You?
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How long will I love you / As long as there are stars above you / And longer if I can / How long will I need you / As long as the seasons need to / Follow their plan / How long
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The Waterboys – My Wanderings in the Weary Land
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Like a pioneer who can’t find the frontier / Like a soldier who can’t find the front / I wandered the weary land / Until out of the night there came a sound / And in a place
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The Waterboys – Let It Happen
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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
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The Waterboys – Paris in the Rain
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He came down to Paris / In his seventeenth year / High on himself / In the numb dead of summer / Looking for something / Realer than real / Richer than riches / Louder than thunder
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The Waterboys – Medicine Bow
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There's a black wind blowing / A typhoon on the rise / Pummelin' rain / Murderous skies! / I'm gonna take my books / I'm gonna wear my coat / I'm gonna find my scarf / And wrap it
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The Waterboys – Medicine Bow
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There's a black wind blowing / A typhoon on the rise / Pummelin' rain / Murderous skies! / I'm gonna take my books / I'm gonna wear my coat / I'm gonna find my scarf / And wrap it
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The Waterboys – The Pan Within/Because the Night
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Take me now baby here as I am / Pull me close, try and understand / Desire is hunger is the fire I breathe / Love is a banquet on which we feed / Come on now try and understand
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The Waterboys – Miracle
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I want a miracle / Nothing less / No consolation / No second best / I want all of my dreams / To come true / And the miracle that I want / Is you
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The Waterboys – Ladbroke Grove Symphony
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I had a basement flat / Off Portobello Road / In my cowboy hat / Down the Grove I strode / With my buckled boots / And my blue striped pants / I knew how to groove / I didn't know
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The Waterboys – The Pan Within
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[Verse 1] / 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
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The Waterboys – Gala
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Gala hangs from the window frame / Dressed in black and white / Her face is colourless / In the moonlight / She turns around and her lips move / But the words just drop away / She
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The Waterboys – In My Dreams
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Ever since I was a child / I have been able to fly in my dreams / Ever since I was a child / I have been able to fly in my dreams / Yet oftentimes I find myself / On a
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The Waterboys – Politics
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How can I, that girl standing there, my attention fix / On Roman or on Russian or on Spanish politics? / Yet here's a travelled man who knows what he talks about / And there's a
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The Waterboys – The Stolen Child
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(WB Yeats) / 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
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The Waterboys – Strange Boat
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This song describes a crew’s journey firstly by “boat” and then by “car” to construct a metaphor for the difficult, wondrous and often downright “strange” journey we all take
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The Waterboys – Crown
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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
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The Waterboys – Open
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Open to the world / Open to spirit / Open to the changing wind / Open to touch / Open to nature / Open to the world within / Open to change / Open to adventure / Open to the new
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The Waterboys – Once Were Brothers
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When the light went out I carried on / I left my brothers and now they're gone / When the light went out, though I found my way / Out of the darkness, there was a price to pay
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The Waterboys – Higher Bound
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Well, I'm easy to love / But I'm harder to hold / Down through this earth / My story is told / I'm a wheeling and a-winding down / Every road and every town / I'm tumbling through
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The Waterboys – Trumpets
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Your love feels / Like trumpets sound / I said your love feels / Like trumpets sound / Your life is like a mountain / Yes, your life is like a mountain / And your heart is like a
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The Waterboys – The Liar
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[Verse 1] / The moon was gold in winter sky / The word was old, the ink was dry / A vulture flew, the eagle screeched / When the liar was impeached / [Verse 2] / The lady lay like
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The Waterboys – Corn Circles
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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
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The Waterboys – Down Through the Dark Streets
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Down by old house / Over the bridge / Down through the dark streets / Where we used to live / Out by the cornfield / And the sycamore trees / Down to the water / Will you come
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The Waterboys – My Morag (The Exile’s Dream)
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Fair is my Morag, my maiden, my Morag / My tender young Morag that lives in yon glen / I dream of my Morag, dream-wander wi' Morag / Where leaps the brown burn from the mist on the
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The Waterboys – All the Things She Gave Me
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All the things / All the things she gave me / All the things / All the things she gave me / I wrapped them up / In a big brown box / Tied it with ribbon / Drove to the docks
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The Waterboys – Savage Earth Heart
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Ooooh! / ... Let me see the savage / I want to see the savage coming / Crashing through your face / I want to be there / When the savage comes / I want to be there / When the
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The Waterboys – Didn't We Walk on Water
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Didn't we walk on water, didn't we touch the stars / Didn't we walk on water, didn't we touch the stars / Six in the morning and I'm up with the crows / In Roppongi Hills where
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