- THE SENSUAL WORLD -  


 

 

  

 

 
The Sensual World ¨ Love And Anger ¨ The Fog ¨ Reaching Out ¨ Heads We’re Dancing
Deeper Understanding ¨ Between A Man And A Woman ¨ Never Be Mine ¨ Rocket's Tail ¨ This Woman's Work ¨ Walk Straight Down The Middle
 
 
Written and Produced by Kate
Recorded by Del Palmer, Mixed by Kevin Killen
'Walk Straight Down The Middle': Mixed by Del Palmer

Additional Recording by Paul Gomazel, Kevin Killen and Haydn Bendall

Piano and keyboards by Kate
Percussion Tracks Programmed on Fairlight by Del Palmer

Orchestral Sessions Recorded at Abbey Road

The Irish Sessions:
Engineered by Andrew Boland
Assisted by John Grimes
Recorded at Windmill Lane Studio, Dublin
Arrangements by Bill Whelan

The Trio Bulgarka Sessions:
Recorded at The Angel Studios
Assistant: Tom Leader
Arranger: Dimitr Penev
Cultural Advisor: Rumyana Tzintzarska
Translators: Boromira Nedeva, Nelli Svetkova
Consultant: Joe Boyd
The Trio Bulgarka Are: Yanka Rupkhina, Eva Georgieva and Stoyanka Boneva

Cut by Ian Cooper at The Townhouse

Photography: John Carder Bush / Kindlight
Design: Kindlight / Bill Smith Studio

Davey Spillane Appears Courtesy of Tara Records
The Trio Bulgarka Appears Courtesy of Hannibal Records
Eberhard Weber Appears Courtesy of ECM Records

All titles written by Kate Bush and published by Kate Bush Music Ltd.

Many Thanks To:
Ma, Pa, Pad, John, Andrew, Hilary Walker, Melanie, Lisa, Bill Whelan, Ken Townsend, Haydn Bendall, Jeeeeem Jones,
Julian Mendelsohn, Gary Robson & Stirling Audio, Irene & Windmill Lane Studio,
Dave & Toni Arthur, Russell & Hilton Sound, Michael Skipwith, Martin Miles, Howard Jones,
Shirley Parks, Russell Roberts, Rumyana Tzintzarska, Gary Briley who tuned the pianos,
Joe Boyd & Sally at Hannibal Records, John Hughes and Tarquin Gotch,
Anthony Yacomine, Tina Earnshaw, Suzie Adams, Kevin McAlea & Bob Ludwig

Special Thanks to The Trio Bulgarka

Thank You!
KATE BUSH
(London 1989)

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS:
The Sensual World: Drums - Charlie Morgan; Bass - Del Palmer; Uillean Pipes - Davey Spillane; Bouzouki - Donal Lunny;
Fiddle - John Sheahan; Whips - Paddy Bush
Love And Anger: Drums - Stuart Elliott; Bass - John Giblin; Guitar - Dave Gilmour; Valiha - Paddy Bush; Backing Vocals - Kate & Paddy Bush
The Fog: Drums - Stuart Elliott; Guitar - Alan Murphy; Solo Violin - Nigel Kennedy; Cello - Jonathan Williams; Celtic Harp - Alan Stivell;
Whistles - Davey Spillane; Dialogue - Dr. Bush; Orchestra Arranged by Michael Kamen
Reaching Out: Drums - Charlie Morgan; Bass - Del Palmer; Mandolin - Paddy Bush;
Strings Arranged by Michael Nyman (Balavescu String Quartet With Clare Connors and Justin Pearson)
Heads We're Dancing: Drums - Stuart Elliott; Bass - Mick Karn; Guitar - Alan Murphy; Percussion & Rhythm Guitar - Del Palmer;
Cello - Jonathan Williams; Viola - Nigel Kennedy; Orchestra Arranged by Michael Kamen
Deeper Understanding: Drums - Charlie Morgan; Bass - John Giblin; Tupan - Paddy Bush; Vocalists - The Trio Bulgarka (Soloist - Yanka Rupkhina)
Between A Man And A Woman: Drums - Stuart Elliott; Bass - Del Palmer; Cello - Jonathan Williams; Celtic Harp & backing Vocals - Alan Stivell
Never Be Mine: Drums - Stuart Elliott; Bass - Eberhard Weber; Uillean Pipes - Davey Spillane; Vocalists - The Trio Bulgarka
Rocket's Tail (For Rocket): Drums - Stuart Elliott; Bass - John Giblin; Guitar - Dave Gilmour; Vocalists - The Trio Bulgarka (Soloist - Yanka Rupkhina)
This Woman's Work: Piano - Kate Bush; Orchestra Arranged by Michael Kamen
Walk Straight Down The Middle: Drums - Charlie Morgan; Bass - Eberhard Weber

(P) 1989 The Copyright In This Sound Recording Is Owned By Novercia Ltd. And Is Exlusively Licensed To EMI Records Ltd.
© 1989 Novercia Ltd.
 
 

 
The sensual world
 (Written by Kate Bush) 

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.

 

Love and anger
 (Written by Kate Bush) 

It lay buried here. It lay deep inside me. 
It's so deep I don't think that I can speak about it. 
It could take me all of my life, 
But it would only take a moment to 

Tell you what I'm feeling, 
But I don't know if I'm ready yet. 
You come walking into this room 
Like you're walking into my arms. 
What would I do without you? 

Take away the love and the anger, 
And a little piece of hope holding us together. 
Looking for a moment that'll never happen, 
Living in the gap between past and future. 
Take away the stone and the timber, 
And a little piece of rope won't hold it together. 

If you can't tell your sister, 
If you can't tell a priest, 
'Cause it's so deep you don't think that you can speak about it 
To anyone, 
Can you tell it to your heart? 
Can you find it in your heart 

To let go of these feelings 
Like a bell to a Southerly wind? 
We could be like two strings beating, 
Speaking in sympathy... 
What would we do without you? 
Two strings speak in sympathy.

(What would we do without you?)

Take away the love and the anger, 
And a little piece of hope holding us together. 
Looking for a moment that'll never happen, 
Living in the gap between past and future. 
Take away the stone and the timber, 
And a little piece of rope won't hold it together. 

We're building a house of the future together. 
(What would we do without you?) 

Well, if it's so deep you don't think that you can speak about it, 
Just remember to reach out and touch the past and the future. 
Well, if it's so deep you don't think you can speak about it, 
Don't ever think that you can't change the past and the future.
(What would we do without you?)
You might not, not think so now, 
But just you wait and see--someone will come to help you. 

 

The fog
 (Written by Kate Bush) 

"You see, I'm all grown up now."

He said, 
"Just put your feet down child, 
'Cause you're all grown up now." 

Just like a photograph, 
I pick you up. 
Just like a station on the radio, 
I pick you up. 
Just like a face in the crowd, 
I pick you up. 
Just like a feeling that you're sending out, 
I pick it up. 
But I can't let you go. 
If I let you go, 
You slip into the fog... 

This love was big enough for the both of us. 
This love of yours was big enough to be frightened of. 
It's deep and dark, like the water was, 
The day I learned to swim. 

He said, 
"Just put your feet down, child." 

"Just put your feet down child, 
The water is only waist high. 
I'll let go of you gently, 
Then you can swim to me." 

Is this love big enough to watch over me? 
Big enough to let go of me 
Without hurting me, 
Like the day I learned to swim? 

"'Cause you're all grown up now." 

"Just put your feet down, child, 
The water is only waist high. 
I'll let go of you gently, 
Then you can swim to me." 

 

Reaching out
 (Written by Kate Bush) 

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. 

The pull and the push of it all. 

Reaching out for the hand. 
Reaching out for the hand that smacked. 
Reaching out for that hand to hold. 
Reaching out for the Star. 
Reaching out for the Star that explodes. 
Reaching out for Mama. 

See how the flower leans instinctively 
Toward the light. 

See how the heart reaches out instinctively 
For no reason but to touch. 

The pull and the push of it all. 

Reaching out for the hand 
Reaching out for the hand that smacked 
Reaching out for that hand to hold. 
Reaching out for the Star. 
Reaching out for the Star that explodes. 
Reaching out for Mama. 

(Can't we see...) 

Reaching out for Mama.

 

Heads we're dancing
 (Written by Kate Bush) 

You talked me into the game of chance. 
It was '39, before the music started, 
When you walked up to me and you said, 
"Hey, heads we dance." 
Well, I didn't know who you were 
Until I saw the morning paper: 
There was a picture of you 
A picture of you 'cross the front page. 
It looked just like you, just like you in every way. 
But it couldn't be true. 
It couldn't be true. 
You stepped out of a stranger. 

They say that the Devil is a charming man. 
And just like you I bet he can dance. 
And he's coming up behind in his long 
Tailed black coat dance, 
All tails in the air. 
But the penny landed with its head dancing. 

A picture of you, a picture of you in uniform, 
Standing with your head held high, 
Hot down to the floor. 
But it couldn't be you. 
It couldn't be you. 
It's a picture of Hitler. 

He go "Do-do-do-do-do" 
He go "Do-do-do-do-do" 
He go "Do-do-do-do-do-- 
Do you want to dance?" 

Well, I couldn't see what was to be, 
So I just stood there laughing. 

A picture of you, a picture of you in uniform, 
Standing with your head held high, 
Hot down to the floor. 
But it couldn't be you. 
It couldn't be you. 
It's a picture of Hitler. 

He go "Mmh-mmh-mmh-mmh-mmh" 
He go "Mmh-mmh-mmh-mmh-mmh" 
He go "Mmh-mmh-mmh-mmh-mmh-- 
"Heads we're dancing." 

"Do-do-do-do-do" 
"Do-do-do-do-do" 
"Do-do-do-do-do-- 
Do you want to dance?" 

................ 

"Heads we're dancing"
"Do you want to dance" 

 

Deeper understanding
 (Written by Kate Bush) 

As the people here grow colder 
I turn to my computer 
And spend my evenings with it 
Like a friend.

I was loading a new programme 
I had ordered from a magazine:

"Are you lonely, are you lost? 
This voice console is a must." 
I press Execute.

"Hello, I know that you've been feeling tired. 
I bring you love and deeper understanding. 
Hello, I know that you're unhappy. 
I bring you love and deeper understanding."

Well I've never felt such pleasure. 
Nothing else seemed to matter. 
I neglected my bodily needs.

I did not eat, I did not sleep, 
The intensity increasing, 
'Til my family found me and intervened.

But I was lonely, I was lost, 
Without my little black box. 
I pick up the phone and go, Execute.

"Hello, I know that you've been feeling tired. 
I bring you love and deeper understanding. 
Hello, I know that you're unhappy. 
I bring you love and deeper understanding."

I turn to my computer like a friend. 
I need deeper understanding. 
Give me deeper understanding.

 

Between a man and a woman
(Written by Kate Bush) 

With her hand in his hand, 
They were both happy again. 
You started taking sides. 
They started arguing. 
He said it was her fault. 
She said it wasn't at all. 
But the truth lies somewhere in the midDLe.

Where angels fear to tread, 
You go rushing in. 
Well, I had to tell you then, 
And now I'm telling you again:

Stay out of this 
You must not interfere 
Don't you see this is 
Between a man and a woman?

Every day and night I pray, 
Pray that you will stay away forever. 
It's so hard for love to stay together, 
With the modern Western pressures. 
I don't want to say it, 
But I had to tell you then, 
And now I'm telling you again:

Stay out of this. 
Oh, I know you mean to help me, 
And I know you've good intentions. 
But stay out of this. 
This isn't your problem. 
Do not interfere--you are not needed here. 
Let the pendulum swing 
Between a man and a woman. 
Don't you see? You're in the way-- 
Between a man and a woman.

Every day and night I pray, 
Let the pendulum swing 
Between a man and a woman. 
Between a man and a woman.

 

Never be mine
 (Written by Kate Bush) 

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 smell of burning fields 
Will now mean you and here. 

This is where I want to be. 
This is what I need. 
This is where I want to be. 
This is what I need. 
This is where I want to be, 
But I know that this will never be mine. 

Ooh, the thrill and the hurting. 
The thrill and the hurting. 
I know that this will never be mine. 

I want you as the dream, 
Not the reality. 
That clumsy goodbye-kiss could fool me, 
But I'm looking back over my shoulder 
At you, happy without me. 

This is where I want to be. 
This is what I need. 
This is where I want to be. 
This is what I need. 
This is where I want to be, 
But I know that this will never be mine. 

Ooh, the thrill and the hurting 
Will never be mine. 
The thrill and the hurting, 
It will never be mine. 
It can never be. 
The thrill and the hurting 
Will never be mine.

 

Rocket's tail
 (Written by Kate Bush) 

That November night, looking up into the sky, 
You said, 

"Hey, wish that was me up there-- 
It's the biggest rocket I could find, 
And it's holding the night in its arms 
If only for a moment. 
I can't see the look in its eyes, 
But I'm sure it must be laughing." 

But it seemed to me the saddest thing I'd ever seen, 
And I thought you were crazy, wishing such a thing. 

I saw only a stick on fire, 
Alone on its journey 
Home to the quickening ground, 
With no one there to catch it. 

I put on my pointed hat 
And my black and silver suit, 
And I check my gunpowder pack 
And I strap the stick on my back. 
And, dressed as a rocket on Waterloo Bridge-- 
Nobody seems to see me. 
Then, with the fuse in my hand, 
And now shooting into the night 
And still as a rocket, 
I land in the river. 

Was it me said you were crazy? 
I put on my cloudiest suit, 
Size 5 lightning boots, too. 

'Cause I am a rocket 
On fire. 
Look at me go, with my tail on fire, 
With my tail on fire, 
On fire. 
Hey, look at me go, look at me...

 

This woman's work
 (Written by Kate Bush) 

Pray God you can cope. 
I stand outside this woman's work, 
This woman's world. 
Ooh, it's hard on the man, 
Now his part is over. 
Now starts the craft of the father. 

I know you have a little life in you yet. 
I know you have a lot of strength left. 
I know you have a little life in you yet. 
I know you have a lot of strength left. 

I should be crying, but I just can't let it show. 
I should be hoping, but I can't stop thinking 

Of all the things I should've said, 
That I never said. 
All the things we should've done, 
That we never did. 
All the things I should've given, 
But I didn't. 

Oh, darling, make it go, 
Make it go away. 

Give me these moments back. 
Give them back to me. 
Give me that little kiss. 
Give me your hand. 

I know you have a little life in you yet. 
I know you have a lot of strength left. 
I know you have a little life in you yet. 
I know you have a lot of strength left. 

I should be crying, but I just can't let it show. 
I should be hoping, but I can't stop thinking 

Of all the things we should've said, 
That were never said. 
All the things we should've done, 
That we never did. 
All the things that you needed from me. 
All the things that you wanted for me. 
All the things that I should've given, 
But I didn't. 

Oh, darling, make it go away. 
Just make it go away now.

 

Walk straight down the middle
 (Written by Kate Bush) 

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. 

(We go) 
"Ooh, ooh, what do we do, 
Now we just can't move?" 
We're calling out for Middle Street. 

(We go)
"Ooh, ooh, what do we do, 
Now we just can't move?" 
We hang on to every line, 
And walk straight down the middle of it. 

He thought he was gonna die, 
But he didn't. 
she thought she just couldn't cope, 
But she did. 
We thought it would be so hard, 
But it wasn't... 
It wasn't easy, though! 

Can't say yes, 
I can't say no. 
Can't begin, 
Can't let go... 
Help me now. 

(We go) 
"Ooh, ooh, what do we do, 
Now we just can't move?" 
We're calling out for Middle Street. 

(We go) 
"Ooh, ooh, what do we do, 
Now we just can't move?" 
We hang on to every line, 
And walk straight down the middle of it. 

He thought he was gonna die, 
But he didn't. 
She thought she could never cope, 
But she did. 
We thought it was all over, 
But it wasn't... 
It hadn't started yet. 

And walk straight down the middle of it. 
And walk straight down the middle of it. 
"d^^^^^^^^^^ d^^^^^^^^^^", calling out for Middle Street. 
Calling out for Middle Street, "d^^^^^^^^^^ d^^^^^^^^^^^". 
Walking straight down the middle of it. "d^^^^^^^^^^^^^^".

 

All titles published by Kate Bush Music Ltd.