
This song was part 5 of "The Ninth Wave" on the "Hounds Of Love" album from 1985. The music is traditional folk tunes collected by her brother Paddy Bush. Kate wrote the lyrics for the first part of the song, while the poem in the last part was read and written by her oldest brother John Carder Bush. The paintings in the video are by Herb Leonhard. www.herbleonhard.com Lyrics: 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 <b>...</b>
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