HOUNDS OF LOVE

A SIDE

1. Running Up That Hill
2. Hounds of Love
3. The Big Sky
4. Mother Stands For Comfort
5. Cloudbusting



B SIDE

THE NINTH WAVE

6. And Dream of Sheep
7. Under Ice
8. Waking the Witch
9. Watching You Without Me
10. Jig of Life
11. Hello Earth
12. The Morning Fog


"RUNNING UP THAT HILL"

("If I only could, I'd be running up that hill") (2)

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." (3)

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

("If I only could, I'd be running up that hill") (2)


"HOUNDS OF LOVE"

("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"

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

("She'll 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!) (2)


"MOTHER STANDS FOR CONFORT"

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... (2)
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 (2)

"CLOUDBUSTING"

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

And every time it rains
You're here in my head
Like the sun coming out
Like your son's 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
Ooh, just saying it could even make it happen

("We've been cloudbusting daddy")

("Your sun's coming out."
"Your son's coming out.")


"The Ninth Wave"



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