Kate Bush - Moments Of Pleasure

“moments of pleasure”
by kate bush
from 1993’s “the red shoes”

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some moments that i’ve had

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some moments of pleasure

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i think about us lying

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lying on a beach somewhere

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i think about us diving

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diving off a rock , into another moment

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the case of george the wipe

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oh god i can’t stop laughing

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this sense of humour of mine

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it isn’t funny at all

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oh but we sit up all night

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talking about it

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just being alive

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it can really hurt

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these moments given

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are a gift from time

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on a balcony in new york

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it’s just started to snow

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he meets us at the lift

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like douglas fairbanks

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waving his walking stick

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but he isn’t well at all

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the buildings of new york

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look just like mountains through the snow

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just being alive

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it can really hurt

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these moments given

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are a gift from time

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just let us try

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to give these moments back

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to those we love

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to those who will survive

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and i can hear my mother saying

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“every old sock meets an old shoe”

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ain’t that a great saying?

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“every old sock meets an old shoe”

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here come the hills of time

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hey there maureen ,

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hey there bubba ,

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dancing down the aisle of a plane ,

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’s murph , playing his guitar refrain ,

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hey there teddy ,

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spinning in the chair at abbey road ,

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hey there michael ,

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do you really love me?

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hey there bill ,

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d’you turn the lights up?

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