Musicon / Waterboys / Waterboys, She Tried To Hold Me
She tried to hold me She didn’t know love is letting go She said ‘I’m looking for perfection’ as she strode in my direction She cast her mantle round me, said ‘I’m completed since you found me’ She executed her enchantment secreted me in her encampment With diversions and ::More
Musicon / Waterboys / Waterboys, Strange Arrangement
It’s a strange arrangement I don’t claim to understand it I know I created it but I never planned it It’s a strange arrangement and I’m not proud Well perhaps a little ashamed if ashamed is allowed At the death of the year, in a crucial hour I exchanged the power of love for the love of ::More
Musicon / Waterboys / Waterboys, NobodyS Baby Anymore
Once I was cherished, treasured as a prize Guardian angels flew upside my head, peacocks danced behind my eyes A brass band played a serenade on my parade, my splendour was adored Now I’m nobody’s baby anymore I’ve stepped out on highways that were studded with jewels I rode into the City ::More
Musicon / Waterboys / Waterboys, Love Will Shoot You Down
Ain’t you hard to beat after all this time, still standing on your feet somehow, way beyond your prime? Well, love will shoot you down, will shoot you down Love will shoot you down, will shoot you down You believe you were The One but it was only grace and when your hour is done and ::More
Musicon / Waterboys / Waterboys, The Crash Of Angel Wings
Here she comes like rumbling drums swinging her skirts and talking in spurts sailing high in her ship of the sky being found broken on the ground but when she sings I hear the crash of angel wings When she sings I hear the crash of wings On Sundays she walks on cut glass and rocks On Monday she ::More
