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Artist: Kate Bush
Track: The Sensual World

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Mmh, yes
Then I'd taken the kiss of seedcake back from his mouth
Going deep South, go down, mmh, yes
Took six big wheels and rolled our bodies
Off of Howth Head and into the flesh, mmh, yes

He said I was a flower of the mountain, yes
But now I've powers o'er a woman's body, yes

Stepping out of the page into the sensual world
Stepping out

To where the water and the earth caress
And the down of a peach says mmh, yes
Do I look for those millionaires
Like a Machiavellian girl would
When I could wear a sunset? Mmh, yes

And how we'd wished to live in the sensual world
You don't need words, just one kiss, then another

Stepping out of the page into the sensual world
Stepping out, off the page, into the sensual world

And then our arrows of desire rewrite the speech, mmh, yes
And then he whispered would I, mmh, yes
Be safe, mmh, yes, from mountain flowers?
And at first with the charm around him, mmh, yes
He loosened it so if it slipped between my breasts
He'd rescue it, mmh, yes
And his spark took life in my hand and, mmh, yes
I said, mmh, yes
But not yet, mmh, yes
Mmh, yes
Mmh, yes
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Kate Bush - The Sensual World Lyrics
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Kate Bush – The Sensual World
“The Sensual World” is a the title track and lead single by the English singer Kate Bush from her 1989 album of the same name. The single entered and peaked at Number 12 in the UK
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[Intro: Kate Bush & Dr. Robert Bush] / "You see, I'm all grown up now." / He said: / "Just put your feet down child / 'Cause you're all grown up now." / [Verse: Kate Bush] / Just
Kate Bush – Flower of the Mountain
Originally released as single titled “The Sensual World” for the 1989 album of the same name, “Flower of the Mountain” is the lead track from her first 2011 album Director’s Cut.
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[Verse 1] / Can't move my arms, can't move my legs / Can't say, "No," I can't say, "Yes" / Can't help myself / I need your help / [Pre-Chorus] / We go / "Ooh, ooh, what do we do
Kate Bush – Reaching Out
[Verse 1] / See how the child reaches out instinctively / To feel how fire will feel / See how the man reaches out instinctively / For what he cannot have / [Pre-Chorus] / The pull
Kate Bush – Never Be Mine
[Verse 1] / I look at you and see / My life that might have been / Your face just ghostly in the smoke / They're setting fire to the cornfields / As you're taking me home / The
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Rocket is one of my cats, and he was the inspiration for the subject matter for the song, because he’s dead cute [laughs]. And it’s very strange subject matter because the song isn
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In this darkly comedic song, a man approaches the narrator in 1939 and asks her for a dance at the toss of a coin. She accepts, and when the penny comes up heads they dance, and
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