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H   O   U   N   D   S       O   F       L   O   V   E   : 
Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) ¨ Hounds Of Love ¨ The Big Sky ¨ Mother Stands For Comfort ¨ Cloudbusting

T   H   E       N   I   N   T   H       W   A   V   E   : 
And Dream Of Sheep ¨ Under Ice ¨ Waking The Witch ¨ Watching You Without Me ¨ Jig Of Life ¨ Hello Earth ¨ The Morning Fog


Wave after wave, each mightier than the last, ‘Til last, a ninth one, gathering half the deep
          And full of voices, slowly rose and plunged, Roaring, and all the wave was in a flame
                                                                                             Tennyson "The Holy Grail"
 
Written and Produced by Kate
Voices, Fairlight, piano: Kate Bush
Engineered by: Del Palmer, Haydn Bendall, BrianTench, Paul Hardiman,
Nigel Walker, James Guthrie

Engineer at Windmill Lane: Bill Somerville-Large
Assistant Engineer: Pearce Dunne
Mixed by Brian Tench,
except 'Hounds of Love', 'Mother Stands for Comfort' - mixed by Julian Mendelsohn

All Irish arrangements by Bill Whelan
Orchestral Arrangements by Michael Kamen

'Jig of Life': Original music discovered by Paddy Bush

Studio Maintenance: Jim Jones
Cut by: Ian Cooper
All Linn programming: Del Palmer
Many thanks to all at Abbey Road Studios

Photography: John Carder Bush
(Hair: Anthony Yacomine, Make-up: Clayton Howard)
A big woof to Bonnie and Clyde
Design: Bill Smith Studio

John Williams appears with kind permission of CBS Records
Youth appears with kind permission of E.G. Records

Special Thanks to Del, Ma and Pa, Jay, Paddy, Melanie, Andrew Hil,
Hay-Ho, Al, Brian, Ken Townsend, Eberhard Weber, Florian Fricke,
Werner Herzog, Robbie Coltrane, David Munns, Chris Blair,
Vivienne and Dyane.

Thanks to Bill and Denise Whelan, Liam, Donald, John Sheahan,
Paddy Glackin, Gabi Zangerf, Madame Maria Nanky, Terry Gilliam,
Peter Swallow, Basil and The Young Ones, and a big thank you to Peter Reich.

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS:
Running Up That Hill: Drums - Stuart Elliott; Bass - Del Palmer; Guitar - Alan Murphy; Balailaka - Paddy Bush
Hounds Of Love: Drums - Charlie Morgan, Stuart Elliott; Cello - Johnathan Williams
The Big Sky: Drums - Charlie Morgan; Bass - Youth; Guitars - Alan Murphy; 
Dijeridu - Paddy Bush; Percussion - Morris Pert; Handclapping - Charlie and Del
Mother Stands For Comfort: Drums - Stuart Elliott; Bass - Eberhard Weber
Cloudbusting: Drums - Stuart Elliott, Charlie Morgan; Strings - The Medicci Sextet; Arranged for Strings by Dave Lawson; 
Backing Vocals - Brian Bath, Paddy Bush, John Carder Bush, Del Palmer
And Dream Of Sheep: Bouzouki - Donal Lunny; Whistless - John Sheahan
Under Ice: Harmonic Vocals - Paddy Bush
Waking The Witch: Drums - Charlie Morgan; Fairlight Bass - Del Palmer; Guitars - Alan Murphy; 
Synthesiser Sequences - Kevin McAlea; Helicopter by kind permission of Pink Floyd "The Wall"
Watching You Without Me: Drums - Stuart Elliott; Double Bass - Danny Thompson
Jig Of Life: Drums - Stuart Elliott, Charlie Morgan; Fiddles, Whistles -John Sheahan; Bouzouki Bodhran - Donal Lunny; 
Uillean Pipes - Liam O'Flynn; Bass - Del Palmer; Dijeridu - Paddy Bush; Narration by John Carder Bush
Hello Earth: Drums - Stuart Elliott; Bass - Eberhard Weber; Guitar - Brian Bath; Uillean Pipes - Liam O'Flynn; Bouzouki - Donal Lunny; Choir - The Richard Hickox Singers, directed by Richard Hickox arranged for voices by Michael Berkeley
The Morning Fog: Guitar - John Williams; Bass - Del Palmer; Violins, Fujare - Paddy Bush; Synthesiser - Kevin McAlea

© 1985 Kate Bush Music Publishing Ltd. / EMI
Lyrics used by Permission.
(P) 1985 Original Sound Recording made by Novercia Ltd.
© 1985 Novercia Ltd.

Running up that hill
(Written by Kate Bush) 

It doesn't hurt me. 
Do you want to feel how it feels? 
Do you want to know that it doesn't hurt me? 
Do you want to hear about the deal that I'm making? 
You, it's you and me. 

And if I only could, 
I'd make a deal with God, 
And I'd get him to swap our places, 
Be running up that road, 
Be running up that hill, 
Be running up that building. 
If I only could, oh... 

You don't want to hurt me, 
But see how deep the bullet lies. 
Unaware I'm tearing you asunder. 
Ooh, there is thunder in our hearts. 

Is there so much hate for the ones we love? 
Tell me, we both matter, don't we? 
You, it's you and me. 
It's you and me won't be unhappy. 

And if I only could, 
I'd make a deal with God, 
And I'd get him to swap our places, 
Be running up that road, 
Be running up that hill, 
Be running up that building, 
Say, if I only could, oh... 

You, 
It's you and me, 
It's you and me won't be unhappy. 

"C'mon, baby, c'mon darling, 
Let me steal this moment from you now. 
C'mon, angel, c'mon, c'mon, darling, 
Let's exchange the experience, oh..." 

And if I only could, 
I'd make a deal with God, 
And I'd get him to swap our places, 
Be running up that road, 
Be running up that hill, 
With no problems. 

And if I only could, 
I'd make a deal with God, 
And I'd get him to swap our places, 
Be running up that road, 
Be running up that hill, 
With no problems. 

And if I only could, 
I'd make a deal with God, 
And I'd get him to swap our places, 
Be running up that road, 
Be running up that hill, 
With no problems. 

If I only could 
Be running up that hill 
With no problems... 

"If I only could, I'd be running up that hill. 
If I only could, I'd be running up that hill."

 

Hounds of love
 (Written by Kate Bush) 

"It's in the trees! 
It's coming!"
 

When I was a child: 
Running in the night, 
Afraid of what might be 

Hiding in the dark, 
Hiding in the street, 
And of what was following me... 

Now hounds of love are hunting. 
I've always been a coward, 
And I don't know what's good for me. 

Here I go! 
It's coming for me through the trees. 
Help me, someone! 
Help me, please! 

Take my shoes off, 
And throw them in the lake, 
And I'll be 
Two steps on the water. 

I found a fox 
Caught by dogs. 
He let me take him in my hands. 

His little heart, 
It beats so fast, 
And I'm ashamed of running away 

From nothing real-- 
I just can't deal with this, 
But I'm still afraid to be there, 

Among your hounds of love, 
And feel your arms surround me. 
I've always been a coward, 
And never know what's good for me. 

Oh, here I go! 
Don't let me go! 
Hold me down! 
It's coming for me through the trees. 
Help me, darling, 
Help me, please! 

Take my shoes off 
And throw them in the lake, 
And I'll be 
Two steps on the water. 

I don't know what's good for me. 
I don't know what's good for me. 
I need your love love love love love, yeah! 
Your love! 

Take your shoes off 
And throw them in the lake! 

Do you know what I really need? 
Do you know what I really need? 
I need love love love love love, yeah!

 

The big sky
 (Written by Kate Bush) 

They look down 
At the ground, 
Missing. 
But I never go in now.

I'm looking at the Big Sky. 
I'm looking at the Big Sky now. 
I'm looking at the Big Sky. 
You never really understood me. 
You never really tried.

That cloud, that cloud-- 
Looks like Ireland. 
C'mon and blow it a kiss now, 
But quick,

'Cause it's changing in the Big Sky, 
It's changing in the Big Sky now. 
We're looking at the Big Sky. 
You never understood me. 
You never really tried. 

This cloud, this cloud-- 
Says "Noah, 
C'mon and build me an Ark." 
And if you're coming, jump, 
'Cause

We're leaving with the Big Sky. 
We're leaving with the Big Sky. 
And we pause for the jets-- 
hup! hup!--in the Big Sky!

You want my reply? 
What was the question? 
I was looking at the Big Sky.

Tell 'em, sisters!

"Rolling over like a great big cloud, 
Rolling over with the Big Sky! 
Rolling over like a great big cloud, 
Rolling over with the Big Sky!"

 

Mother stands for comfort 
(Written by Kate Bush)

She knows that I've been doing something wrong, 
But she won't say anything. 
She thinks that I was with my friends yesterday, 
But she won't mind me lying, 
Because 

Mother stands for comfort. 
Mother will hide the murderer. 

It breaks the cage, and fear escapes and takes possession, 
Just like a crowd rioting inside. 
(Make me do this, make me do that, make me do this, make me do that...) 
Am I the cat that takes the bird? 
To her the hunted, not the hunter. 

Mother stands for comfort. 
Mother will hide the murderer. 
Mother hides the madman. 
Mother will stay mum. 

Mother stands for comfort. 
Mother will hide the murderer. 
Mother hides the madman. 
Mother will stay mum.

 

Cloudbusting
 (Written by Kate Bush) 

I still dream of Orgonon. 
I wake up crying. 
You're making rain, 
And you're just in reach, 
When you and sleep escape me.

You're like my yo-yo 
That glowed in the dark. 
What made it special 
Made it dangerous, 
So I bury it 
And forget.

But every time it rains, 
You're here in my head, 
Like the sun coming out-- 
Ooh, I just know that something good is going to happen. 
And I don't know when, 
But just saying it could even make it happen.

On top of the world, 
Looking over the edge, 
You could see them coming. 
You looked too small 
In their big, black car, 
To be a threat to the men in power.

I hid my yo-yo 
In the garden. 
I can't hide you 
From the government. 
Oh, God, Daddy-- 
I won't forget,

'Cause every time it rains, 
You're here in my head, 
Like the sun coming out-- 
Ooh, I just know that something good is going to happen. 
And I don't know when, 
But just saying it could even make it happen.

The sun's coming out. 
Your son's coming out.

 

And dream of sheep
(Written by Kate Bush) 

Little light shining,
Little light will guide them to me.
My face is all lit up,
My face is all lit up.
If they find me racing white horses,
They'll not take me for a buoy.

Let me be weak,
Let me sleep
And dream of sheep.

"Attention shipping information in sea areas...Bell Rock, Tiree, 
Cromaty, gale east...Malin, Sellafield..."

"Come here with me now."

Oh, I'll wake up
To any sound of engines,
Ev'ry gull a seeking craft.
I can't keep my eyes open--
Wish I had my radio.

I tune in to some friendly voices
Talking 'bout stupid things.
I can't be left to my imagination.

Let me be weak,
Let me sleep
And dream of sheep.

Ooh, their breath is warm
And they smell like sleep,
And they say they take me home.
Like poppies heavy with seed
They take me deeper and deeper.

 

Under ice
(Written by Kate Bush) 

It's wonderful. 
Everywhere, so white. 
The river has frozen over. 
Not a soul on the ice. 
Only me skating fast. 
I'm speeding past trees, 
Leaving little lines in the ice, 
Splitting, splitting sound, 
Silver heels spitting, spitting snow. 

("Sonar says...[inaudible]...deep...[inaudible]") 

There's something moving 
Under, under the ice, 
Moving under ice, 
Through water, 
Trying to get out of the cold water. 
"It's me." 
Something, someone--help them. 
"It's me."

 

Waking the witch
 (Written by Kate Bush) 

"Wake up!" 
"A good morning, ma'am. Your early morning call." 
"You must wake up!" 
"[titter] Wake up! [titter]" 
"Wake up, man!" 
"Wake up, child! Pay attention!" 
"Come on, wake up!" 
"Wake up, love!" 
"We should make the night, but see your little light's alive!" 
"Stop that lyin' and a-sleepin' in bed--get up!" 
"Ma needs a shower. Get out of bed!" [words uncertain] 
"Little light..." 
"Can you not see that little light up there?" 
"Where?" 
"There!" 
"Where?" 
"Over here!" 
"You still in bed?" 
"Wake up, sleepy-head!" 
"We are of the going water and the gone. We are of water in the holy land of water" 
"Don't you know you've kept him waiting?" 
"Look who's here to see you!" 

"Listen to me, listen to me, baby. Listen, baby, help me, 
baby! Help me, help me! Listen to me, talk to me!" 
"You won't burn." 
"Red, red roses." 
"You won't bleed." 
"Pinks and posies." 
"Confess to me, girl." 
"Red, red roses,"* 
"Go down!" 

"Spiritus sanctus in nomine...[inaudible]" 
"Spiritus sanctus in nomine...[inaudible]" 
"Spiritus sanctus in nomine...[inaudible]" 
"Spiritus sanctus in nomine...[inaudible]" 


"Poor little thing," 
"Red, red roses," 
"The blackbird!" 
"Pinks and posies." 
"Wings in the water," 
"Red, red roses, Go down,"** 
"Go down." 
"Pinks and posies." 

"Deus et dei domino...[inaudible]" 
"Deus et dei domino...[inaudible]" 
"Deus et dei domino...[inaudible]" 
"Deus et dei domino...[inaudible]" 


"What is it, child?" 
"Bless me, father, bless me, father, for I have sinned." 
"Red, red roses!" 
"Help me, listen to me!" 
"Red, red rose!" 
"I question your innocence!" 
"Help this blackbird!" 
"She's a witch!" 
"There's a stone around my leg." 
"Uh! Damn you, woman!" 
"Help this blackbird! 
There's a stone around my leg." 
"What say you, good people?" 
"Guilty! Guilty! Guilty!" 
"Help this blackbird!" 
"I am responsible for your actions." 
"Oh-hoh-hoh!" 
"Not guilty!" 
"Help this blackbird!" 
"Wake (of) the witch!"


"Get out of the waves! Get out of the water!"

 

Watching you without me
 (Written by Kate Bush) 

("What's that?") 
("It's four, five, six, seven...") 

You can't hear me. 
You can't hear me. 
You can't hear what I'm saying. 
You can't hear what I'm saying to you. 

You watch the clock 
Move the slow hand. 
I should have been home 
Hours ago, 
But I'm not here. 
But I'm not here. 

You can't hear me. 
You can't hear me. 
You can't feel me 
Here in the room with you now. 
You can't hear what I'm saying. 
You don't hear what I'm saying, do you? 

Can't let you know 
What's been happening. 
There's a ghost in our home, 
Just watching you without me. 
I'm not here. 
("You don't hear me.") [backwards] 
But I'm not here. 
(You can't hear me.) 
But I'm not here. 
(You don't hear what I'm saying.) 

"Don't ignore, don't ignore me, 
Let me...[indecipherable]"* 
"Don't ignore, don't ignore me, 
Let me...[indecipherable]" 
"Don't ignore, don't ignore me, 
Let me...[indecipherable]" 

"We see you here." [backwards] 
"We see you here." 
"We see you here." 
"We see you here." 
"We see you here." 
"We see you here." 
"We see you here." 
"We see you here." 

You don't hear me come in. 
"Help me, baby! Help me, baby! Talk to me! Listen to me, 
listen to me! Talk to me! Help--"
("You can't hear me.") [backwards] 
"Listen, baby! Listen to me, baby! Help me, help me, baby! 
Talk to me! Talk to me! Please, baby, talk to me!" 
("You can't hear me.") [backwards] 
You won't hear me leaving.

 

Jig of life
(Written by Kate Bush) 

Hello, old lady. 
I know your face well. 
I know it well. 

She says, 
"Ooh-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na! 
I'll be sitting in your mirror. 
Now is the place where the crossroads meet. 
Will you look into the future? 

"Never, never say goodbye 
To my part of your life. 
No, no, no, no, no! 
Oh, oh, oh, 

"Let me live!" 
She said. 
"C'mon and let me live, girl!" 
She said, 
"C'mon and let me live, girl!" 
("C'mon and let me live!") 

"This moment in time," 
(She said.) 
It doesn't belong to you," 
(She said,) 
It belongs to me, 

"And to your little boy and to your little girl, 
And the one hand clapping: 
Where on your palm is my little line, 
When you're written in mine 
As an old memory? 
Ooh, na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na- 

"Never, never say goodbye 
To my part of your life. 
Oh no, no, no, no, no! 
Never, never, never! 
Never, never let me go!" 

She said, 
"C'mon and let me live, girl!' 
("C'mon and let me live!") 
She said, 
"C'mon and let me live, girl!" 
("C'mon and let me live!") 

I put this 
moment..............................................here. 
I put this moment.........................here. 
I put this moment-- 

"Over here! 
"Over here! 
Can't you see where memories are kept bright? 
Tripping on the water like a laughing girl. 
Time in her eyes is spawning past life, 
One with the ocean and the woman unfurled, 
Holding all the love that waits for you here. 
Catch us now for I am your future. 
A kiss on the wind and we'll make the land. 
Come over here to where When lingers, 
Waiting in this empty world, 
Waiting for Then, when the lifespray cools. 
For Now does ride in on the curl of the wave, 
And you will dance with me in the sunlit pools. 
We are of the going water and the gone. 
We are of water in the holy land of water 
And all that's to come runs in 
With the thrust on the strand."

 

Hello earth
(Written by Kate Bush) 

"Columbia now nine times the speed of sound." 
"Roger that, Dan, I've got a solid TACAN 
locked on, uh, TACAN twenty-three." 
"The, uh, tracking data, map data and pre-planned 
trajectory are all one line on the block" 
"Roger (?) your (?) block (?) decoded (? recorded?)" 


Hello, Earth. 
Hello, Earth. 
With just one hand held up high 
I can blot you out, 
Out of sight. 

Peek-a-boo, 
Peek-a-boo, little Earth. 
With just my heart and my mind 
I can be driving, 
Driving home, 
And you asleep 
On the seat. 

I get out of my car, 
Step into the night 
And look up at the sky. 
And there's something bright, 
Travelling fast. 
Look at it go! 
Look at it go! 

[A men's choral passage in either Russian is sung here.] 

("Listen!") 

Watching storms 
Start to form 
Over America. 
Can't do anything. 
Just watch them swing 
With the wind 
Out to sea. 

All you sailors, 
("Get out of the waves! Get out of the water!") 
All life-savers, 
("Get out of the waves! Get out of the water!") 
All you cruisers, 
("Get out of the waves! Get out of the water!") 
All you fishermen, 
Head for home. 

Go to sleep, little Earth. 
I was there at the birth, 
Out of the cloudburst, 
The head of the tempest. 
Murderer! 
Murder of calm. 
Why did I go? 
Why did I go? 

[The men's choral passage is sung again several times here.] 

"Tiefer, tiefer. 
Irgendwo in der Tiefe 
Gibt es ein licht." 

Go to sleep little Earth.

 

The morning fog
  (Written by Kate Bush) 

The light 
Begin to bleed, 
Begin to breathe, 
Begin to speak. 
D'you know what? 
I love you better now. 

I am falling 
Like a stone, 
Like a storm, 
Being born again 
Into the sweet morning fog. 
D'you know what? 
I love you better now. 

I'm falling, 
And I'd love to hold you know. 
I'll kiss the ground. 
I'll tell my mother, 
I'll tell my father, 
I'll tell my loved one, 
I'll tell my brothers 
How much I love them.
 

 

All lyrics by Kate Bush Music Publishing Ltd./EMI