Live Adventures Of The Waterboys

The Waterboys Live Adventures Of The Waterboys Lyrics
1.And The Healing Has Begun

(van morrison)

When we walk down the avenue again
When we walk down the avenue again
When we walk down the avenue again
When the healing has begun

When we walk down the avenue in style
When we walk down the avenue, we smile
And we know that it's all going to be worthwhile
Because the healing has begun
Because the healing has begun

I want you to put on your bright red summer dress
I want you to put on your easter bonnet and sunday coat and all
the rest
And i want to make sweet love to you, yes
When the healing has begun
When the healing has begun


2.A Girl Called Johnny

I remember johnny - hey!
Johnny come lately
I remember her shoes like a ballerina
A girl called johnny who
Changed her name when she
Discovered her choice was to
Change or to be changed

I remember a girl called johnny
Black as hell and white as a ghost
'don't talk about life or death'
She said 'i've had enough of both'
A girl called johnny who was not scared
They'd have torn her to pieces but
Who would dare?

I remember a girl called johnny
The train came to town, boy she got on it
With no looking back, with not a word
If she said goodbye, well i never heard
But the noise goes on
The noise, the jazz
And the truth is in somebody else's hands
And the house that a girl called johnny built
Is now just ashes and sand


3.Because The Night

Take me now, baby
Here as i am
Hold me close
Try and understand
The sirens' hunger
Is the fire i breathe
Love is the banquet
On which we feed

Come on now
Try and understand
The way i feel
When i'm in your hands
Take my hand
As the sun descends
You can't touch me now
Can't touch me now
Can't touch me now...

Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to love
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to love
If we believe in the fact we're lovers
If we believe in the fact we're trust
If we believe in the fact we're lovers
Because the night belongs to love


4.Be My Enemy

Well the dawn is howling
And the mainframe shakes
Feel like i've been sleeping in a
Cellar full of snakes
My wings have been clipped
My shoes have been stuck with glue
Well if you'll be my enemy
I'll be your enemy too

Now i've got goons on my landing
Thieves on my trail
Nazis on my telephone
Willing me to fail
They were all sent by someone
(obviously/well i know it was) you!
Well if you'll be my enemy
I'll be your enemy too

I've a bucketful of babylon
I got a handful of lead
I'm gonna put them in a gun man
Point it at your head
Because you stole all my friends
And you gave me the buffalo blues
Well if you'll be my enemy
I'll be my enemy too

Now from the slime on your tongue
To the nails on your toes
From the scales on your skin
To the stains on your clothes
You're gonna have to make me do something
That i do not want to do
But if you'll be my enemy
I'll be your enemy too

My hands are tied
I'm nailed to the floor
Feel like i'm knocking on the
Unknown door
There's a gun at my back
A blade at my throat
I keep finding hate mail
In the pockets of my coat
Well i've been trying to grow
I been cooling my heels
I've have been working the treadmill
I've been working in the fields
And i can't get to sleep
I can't catch my breath
I can't stop talking and i
Look like death
But i will put right this disgrace
I will rearrange you
If you'll be my enemy
I'll be your enemy too
If you'll be my enemy
I'll be your enemy too
Be my enemy!


5.Death Is Not The End

(bob dylan)

When you are sad and you are lonesome
And you just can't find a friend
Just remember
Death is not the end

And when all that you've held sacred
Falls down and does not mend
Just remember
Death is not the end

Not the end
No, not the end
Just remember
Death is not the end

Now, when you're standing at a crossroads
That you cannot comprehend
Just remember
Death is not the end

And when all your dreams have vanished
And you don't know what's around the bend
Just remember
Death is not the end

Not the end
No, not the end
Just remember
Death is not the end

The tree of life is growing
Where the spirit never dies
And the bright lights of salvation shine
In dark and empty skies

When the cities are on fire
With the burning flesh of men
Just remember
Death is not the end

Not the end
No, not the end
Just remember
Death is not the end

Now when the rain-clouds gather around you
And the heavy rain descends
Just remember
Death is not the end

And if nobody is close beside you
With a soulful hands to lend
Just remember
Death is not the end

Not the end
No, not the end
Just remember
Death is not the end

Not the end
No, not the end
Just remember
Death is not the end


6.Fisherman's Blues

I wish i was a fisherman
Tumblin' on the seas
Far away from dry land
And its bitter memories
Casting out my sweet line
With abandonment and love
No ceiling bearin' down on me
'cept the starry sky above
With light in my head
You in my arms
Woohoo!

I wish i was the brakeman
On a hurtlin' fevered train
Crashing a-headlong into the heartland
Like a cannon in the rain
With the beating of the sleepers
And the burnin' of the coal
Counting the towns flashing by
In a night that's full of soul
With light in my head
You in my arms
Woohoo!

Well i know i will be loosened
From bonds that hold me fast
That the chains all hung around me
Will fall away at last
And on that fine and fateful day
I will take me in my hands
I will ride on the train
I will be the fisherman
With light in my head
You in my arms


7.Medicine Bow

There's a black wind blowing
A typhoon on the rise
Pummeling rain
Murderous skies!
I'm gonna take my books
I'm gonna wear my coat
I'm gonna find my scarf
And wrap it around my throat
And you can
Come with me
Through the driving snow
We're gonna ride on up to
Medicine bow

Well i spent too long
Just stuck on the shore
There's a man in my head
But he isn't me anymore
I'm gonna find me a ship
Stowaway on a boat
I'm gonna burn all the words
And letters and cards that i ever wrote
And you can
Sail with me
Where the current flows
We're gonna move on up to
Medicine bow

I'm gonna change my colours
Cancel my things
Stop my squawking
Grow some wings!

Well i will not sleep
And i will not rest
I will put my soul
And my will to the test
I'm gonna tug at my tether
I'm gonna tear at my lead
I'm gonna test my knowledge
In the field of deeds
And you can
Run with me
Fast as we can go
Over the hill to
Medicine bow


8.Meet Me At The Station

(brother william's memphis sanctified singers)

Well if i get to heaven before you do
I will meet you at the station when your train comes along
I'll be watching and waiting, mother dear, for you
I will meet you at the station when your train comes along

Father, when the train
Father, when the train
Meet me at the station when the train comes along
When the train
Father, when the train comes along
I will meet you at the station when your train comes along

Well if my eyes see the glory, before yours do
I will meet you at the station when your train comes along
I'll be watching and waiting, father, for you
I will meet you at the station whe your train comes along

Father, when the train
Father, when the train
Meet me at the station when the train comes along
Father, when the train
Father, when the train comes along
I will meet you at the station when your train comes along

Now if my feet touch the homeline before yours do
I will meet you at the station when the train comes along
I'll be watching and waiting, my brother, for you
I will meet you at the station when the train comes along

When the train
When the train
Meet me at the station when the train comes along
When the train
When the train comes along
Meet me at the station when the train comes along

When the train
When the train
Meet me at the station when the train comes along
When the train
When the train comes along
Meet me at the station when the train comes along

Now if you see god's country before i do
Will you meet me at the station when my train comes along
Will you be there watching, sister, for me
Will you meet me at the station when my train comes along

When my train
When my train
Meet me at the station when my train comes along
When my train
Sister, when my train comes along
Will you meet me at the station when my train comes along

When the train
When the train
Meet me at the station when my train comes along
When the train
Oh, when the train
Meet me at the station when the train comes along
Meet me at the station when the train comes along
Meet me at the station when the train comes along


9.Old England

Man looks up on a yellow sky
And the rain turns to rust in his eye
Rumours of his health are lies
Old england is dying

His clothes are dirty shade of blue
And his ancient shoes worn through
He steals from me and he lies to you
Old england is dying

Still he sings an empires song
And he keeps his navy strong
And he sticks his flag where it ill belongs
Old england is dying

You're asking what makes me sigh now
What it is makes me shudder so
Well
I just freeze in the wind
And i'm numb from the pummeling of the snow
That falls from high in yellow skies
Where the time stained of england flies
Where the homes are warm and the mothers sigh
Where comedians laugh and babies cry
Where criminals are televised politicians fraternize
Journalists are dignified and everyone is civilised
And children stare with heroin eyes
Old england!

Evening has fallen
The swans are singing
The last of sundays bells is ringing
The wind in the trees is sighing
And old england is dying


10.Purple Rain

(prince)

I never meant to cause you any trouble
I never meant to cause you any pain
I only ever wanted to see you laughing
Only want to see you laughing in the purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
Only want to see you underneath the purple rain

Honey, i never wanted to be your wicked lover
Only wanted to be some kind of friend
I could never leave you for another
It's such a shame our friendship had to end
Purple rain, purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
Only wanted to see you underneath the purple rain

Honey, i know, i know, i know times are changing
This time we all reach out for something new
That means you too
You say you're looking for a leader,
But you can't seem to make up your mind
But you better open it up wide, let it guide you
To the purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
Only want to see you, baby, in the purple rain


11.Saints And Angels

This is a wide world we travel
And our paths rarely cross
And we do a whole lot of living
In between
So come and share
More than time
We'll put our cares
Far behind
While we sail
The ship that never goes to sea

It could be months
It could be years
Before we find each other
Once again standing here
So until then my friend
I have a wish for you
Many hearts
To keep you warm
Many lights
To guide you through the storm
And may the saints and angels
Watch over you

And may the saints and angels
Watch over you
And may the saints and angels
Watch over you


12.Savage Earth Heart

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 savage comes
When your savage earth heart
Cuts through

I wanna be a witness
Or a victim to your spell
Crackling in lightening
Dressed in shadows
Red like a carousel

I want to be there
When the savage comes
I want to be there
When the savage comes
When your savage earth heart
...cuts through

Will you lay all of your
Deepest wildest secrets bare?
Will you let all of those
Rumbling old gods take rage?
I want to be there
When the savage comes
I want to be there
When the savage comes
When your savage earth heart
Cuts through!

Then i was taken smoothly
By the vulture of the soul
That hideous strength
That numbs the tongue
And he led me like a cinder
Through the fields of hell
To doubt my friends and to hate myself
But when my savage earth heart
...cuts through
When my savage earth heart
Cuts through
Then my savage earth heart
...cuts through
And the culture of the soul laid waste


13.Spirit

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
The spirit lives
Man is tethered
Spirit free
What spirit
Is man can be


14.The Earth Only Endures

(american indian chant)

The old man said
The earth only endures
You spoke truly
You were right

The old man said
The earth only endures
You spoke truly
You were right

Only the mountains live forever
Only the earth endures
Only the earth endures
Only the earth endures
Only the earth endures

The old man said
The earth only endures
You spoke truly
You were right
You were right
You were right


15.The Pan Within

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 we'll begin
Close your eyes
Breathe slow and we will begin
To look together
For the pan within

Swing your hips
Loose your head, and let it spin
Swing your hips
Loose you head, and let it spin
And we will look together
For the pan within

Close your eyes
Breathe slow and we will begin
Close your eyes
Breathe slow and we will begin
To look together
For the pan within

Put your face in my window
Breathe a night full of treasures
The wind is delicious
Sweet and wild with the promise of pleasure
The stars are alive
And nights like these
Were born to be
Sanctified by you and me
Lovers, thieves, fools and pretenders
And all we gotta do is surrender

Come with me
On a journey under the skin
Come with me
On a journey under the skin
And we will look together
For the pan within
When to be with you
Is not a sin
When to be with you, oh just to be with you
Is not a sin
We will look together
For the pan within


16.The Thrill Is Gone

I'm too tired to deceive you
We can't pretend there's nothing wrong
Who'll be the first to say it?
That the thrill is gone
And we never get it back...

When we talk of old aquaintance and
Speak like two strangers all day long
The only four words that i hear
Are 'the thrill is gone'
And we never get it back...

When evening falls magenta
And goodnight hangs on and on
I won't need to go to sleep and dream to tell me
That the thrill is gone
And we never get it back...


17.The Wayward Wind

(neil young)

In a lonesome shack by the railroad track
I spent my younger days
And i guess the sound of the outward bound
Made me a slave
To my wandering queen

And the wayward wind
Is a restless wind
A restless wind
That yearns to wander
And i was born
Next of kin
The next of kin
To the wayward wind

I met her down in a border town
We swore we'd never part
Though i tried my best to settle down
Now she's all alone
With a broken heart

And the wayward wind
Is a restless wind
A restless wind
That yearns to wander
And i was born
The next of kin
The next of kin
To the wayward wind

And the wayward wind
Is a restless wind
A restless wind
That yearns to wander
And i was born
The next of kin
The next of kin
To the wayward wind

The next of kin
To the wayward, wayward wind


18.The Whole Of The Moon

I pictured a rainbow
You held in your hands
I had flashes
But you saw then plan
I wondered out in the world for years
While you just stayed in your room
I saw the crescent
You saw the whole of the moon!
The whole of the moon!

You were there at the turnstiles
With the wind at your heels
You stretched for the stars
And you know how it feels
To reach too high
Too far
Too soon
You saw the whole of the moon!

I was grounded
While you filled the skies
I was dumbfounded by truths
You cut through lies
I saw the rain-dirty valley
You saw brigadoon
I saw the crescent
You saw the whole of the moon!

I spoke about wings
You just flew
I wondered, i guessed, and i tried
You just knew
I sighed
But you swooned
I saw the crescent
You saw the whole of the moon!
The whole of the moon!

With a torch in your pocket
And the wind at your heels
You climbed on the ladder
And you know how it feels
To reach too high
Too far
Too soon
You saw the whole of the moon!
The whole of the moon!

Unicorns and cannonballs,
Palaces and piers,
Trumpets, towers, and tenemets,
Wide oceans full of tears,
Flag, rags, ferry boats,
Scimitars and scarves,
Every precious dream and vision
Underneath the stars

You climbed on the ladder
With the wind in your sails
You came like a comet
Blazing your trail
Too high
Too far
Too soon
You saw the whole of the moon!


19.This Is The Sea

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 tethered
Well now you are free
That was the river
This is the sea!

Now if you're feelin' weary
If you've been alone too long
Maybe you've been suffering from
A few too many
Plans that have gone wrong
And you're trying to remember
How fine your life used to be
Running around banging your drum
Like it's 1973
Well that was the river
This is the sea!
Wooo!

Now you say you've got trouble
You say you've got pain
You say've got nothing left to believe in
Nothing to hold on to
Nothing to trust
Nothing but chains
You're scouring your conscience
Raking through your memories
Scouring your conscience
Raking through your memories
But that was the river
This is the sea yeah!

Now i can see you wavering
As you try to decide
You've got a war in your head
And it's tearing you up inside
You're trying to make sense
Of something that you just can't see
Trying to make sense now
And you know you once held the key
But that was the river
And this is the sea!
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah!

Now i hear there's a train
It's coming on down the line
It's yours if you hurry
You've got still enough time
And you don't need no ticket
And you don't pay no fee
No you don't need no ticket
You don't pay no fee
Because that was the river
And this is the sea!

Behold the sea!


20.We Will Not Be Lovers

You just stepped into the maintrack
Climbed down off the fence
Words are your weapon
Lies are your defence
I know what you want
And i see what you see
You're looking for somebody
But he isn't me
Find yourself another
Because we will not be lovers

How your eyes are like tortures
And your presence is bliss
I never knew time
Could speed and zip like this
The touch of your flesh
Is tough to resist
Planets collide, collide
At the smack of your kiss
But you can kiss your brother
Because we will not be lovers

Now you're pulling down curtains
You've been sparking old flames
You've been causing disturbance
Crying for shame
You've been knocking on doors
You've been abusing my name
You've been casting up doubt
You've been throwing your blame
But you can throw it at your mother
We will not be lovers

Now the world's full of trouble
Everybody's scared
The landlords are frowning
Cupboards are bare
People are scrambling
Like dogs for a share
It's cruel and its hard
But it nothing compared to
What we do to each other
To each other

We will not be lovers!
We will not be lovers, no
We will not be lovers, no