Lyrics to the Demos
A few words about the demo-recordings:
They were recorded sometime over the period '72 - '75,
probably. Most of them are just Kate and her piano.
Six of them were produced by David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
and features Kate and a band. Some of the songs later
appeared on Kate's albums in a more polished form.
The correct titles for these songs are not known.
I have used the titles commonly accepted by the
Love-Hounds/rec.music.gaffa discussion group.
Kate's demo recordings have never been officially released.
They are available from various bootleg dealers.
Text source: Bryan Dongray's excellent lyrics archive
Doc. source: Jon-Terje Lilleby
1.Babooshka [beatbox - Demo]
2.Babooshka [piano - Demo]
3.Come Closer To Me Babe
4.The Craft Of Love
5.Dali
6.The Disbelieving Angel
7.Frightened Eyes
8.The Gay Farewell
9.Hammer Horror [Demo]
10.It Hurts Me
11.Kashka From Baghdad [Demo]
12.The Kick Inside (Brother) [Demo]
13.Kite [Demo]
14.L'Amour Looks Something Like You [Demo]
15.Moving [Demo]
Babooshka
[Demo - beatbox]
She wanted to test her husband.
She knew exactly what to do:
A pseudonym to fool him.
She couldn't have made a worse move.
She sent him scented letters,
And he received them with a strange delight.
Just like his wife
But how she was before the tears,
And how she was before the years flew by,
And how she was when she was beautiful.
She signed the letter
"All yours,
Babooshka, Babooshka, Babooshka-ya-ya!
All yours,
Babooshka, Babooshka, Babooshka-ya-ya!"
She wanted to take it further,
So she arranged a place to go,
To see if he
Would fall for her incognito.
And when he laid eyes on her,
He got the feeling that he knew her well.
Uncanny how she
Can take him back into a piece of past.
Can say the things that make him want to laugh.
Just like his wife before she freezed on him,
Just like his wife when she was beautiful.
He shouted out, "I'm
All yours,
Babooshka, Babooshka, Babooshka-ya-ya!
All yours,
Babooshka, Babooshka,
Babooshka
[Demo - piano]
She wanted to test her husband.
She knew exactly what to do:
A pseudonym to fool him.
She couldn't have made a worse move.
She sent him scented letters,
She was a delightful detective.
Just like his wife
But how she was before the tears,
And how she was before the years flew by,
And how she was when she was beautiful.
She signs the letter
"All yours,
Babooshka, Babooshka, Babooshka-ya-ya!
All yours,
Babooshka, Babooshka, Babooshka-ya-ya!"
She wanted to take it further,
So she arranged a place to go,
To see if he
Would fall for her incognito.
And when he laid eyes on her,
He got the feeling that he knew her well.
Uncanny how she
Reminds him of his fiancee.
She seems to know the way to please him.
Just like his wife before she freezed on him,
Just like his wife when she was beautiful.
He shouted out, "I'm
All yours,
Babooshka, Babooshka, Babooshka-ya-ya!
All yours,
Babooshka, Babooshka, Babooshka-ya-ya!
Come Closer To Me Babe
[Demo]
Come closer to me, babe,
And the night will come much closer, too.
Can't you see the light
Drawing pictures nearer in the skies?
What is it that you whisper
When you close your eyes?
Come closer to me, babe.
Is it me it's all about?
And who is it that you're always
Calling in your sleep?
Who is Sylvia?
Goodnight, baby. Please
Come on home,
Come on home,
Come on home soon.
Goodnight, baby,
Goodnight, baby,
Goodnight, baby,
Goodnight, baby.
Come closer to me now,
For I know there's something you must tell me.
When slumber slips between your lips
Will the secrets ooze out easily?
What is it that you whisper
When you close your eyes?
Come closer to me, babe.
Is it me it's all about?
And who is it that you're always
Calling in your sleep?
Who is Sylvia?
Goodnight, baby. Please
Come on home,
Come on home,
Come on home soon.
Goodnight, baby,
Goodnight, baby,
Goodnight, baby,
Goodnight, baby.
The Craft Of Love
[Demo]
I tried to study it for just a while:
All of the potions, from oysters to seducing smiles.
But I've found it's already inside me:
A big round bubble of sensuality,
Dared to be burst,
But worried about getting hurt.
I know how you like to kiss.
I'll ask you what you're thinking.
Silvers in our dark hair.
The sheets are soaked by your tiny fish.
The craft of love,
The craft of love,
The craft of love,
The craft of love,
Oo-ooh...
Tears spring to mind when I go back in time.
All those lost bodies just seeking security.
Jittering strangers with sweating hands,
Heavy and clever and full of demands.
Well I'm similar to you:
We're familiar with what to do.
I know how you like to kiss.
I'll ask you what you're thinking.
Silvers in our dark hair.
The sheets are soaked by your tiny fish.
The craft of love,
The craft of love,
The craft of love,
The craft of love,
Oo-ooh...
Dali
[Demo]
"Hi"
And
"Can't see you.
Leave senora Dali alone."
And higher still
She keeps her gallery.
Distance means nothing to me.
A-ee-aha-ee-aha-oo,
A-ee-aha-ee-aha-oo...
Debris everywhere,
Gazing. It's amazing.
Ferry me over,
Ferry me over,
Ferry me over
The music, Dali.
Deeper here lies hidden answers and treasures for him.
"Oh, I prefer absence," said she,
"My heart grows fonder alone."
A-ee-aha-ee-aha-oo,
A-ee-aha-ee-aha-oo...
Debris everywhere,
Gazing. It's amazing.
Ferry me over,
Ferry me over,
Ferry me over
The music, Dali.
The Disbelieving Angel
[Demo]
So much for all the prayers you've learned.
They are no help to basic needs.
And all the worlds they've shown you
Just make you even greedier.
So what about divinity?
I'm further away than before.
You're like two stars colliding,
And you're never going to hit the floor.
Why should I whisper in the church?
Because they say it's sacred ground?
Oh, my sacrilege would do you good.
You see, there's nothing here, I've found.
I feel so sorry for you,
Believing because they control.
And of all the guardian angels
They chose me to save your soul!
Oh, I'm just trying to explain,
I'm a disbelieving angel.
Frightened Eyes
[Demo]
Just travelling on a bus
From a friend's house,
And all these people are looking at me.
They're gazing out windows,
In any English country gardens.
But as gazes meet,
Vacancy shows on screen.
But I feel inside
The latent hysteria:
"Why is she looking at me?"
And as I drift from one to one I can see
They're all like me.
They've all got frightened eyes
Saying what they're thinking,
What they are doing tonight.
They've all got frightened eyes,
Saying, "Leave me alone,
I'm perfectly safe here inside.
Please don't surprise me."
Expressionless.
Everyone here loves cheap wine
We all know good taste,
We just get too busy trying to find
The right games to play.
Impatient, aren't we all?
Watching the time trip by.
And all these people are looking at me.
They're gazing out windows.
They're burning up in there.
And as I drift from one to one I can see
They're all like me.
They've all got frightened eyes
Saying what they're thinking,
What they are doing tonight.
They've all got frightened eyes,
Saying, "Leave me alone,
I'm perfectly safe here inside.
Please don't surprise me."
The Gay Farewell
[Demo]
I've never seen
Such a sad queen
As Eddie.
I've seen him raving,
Maybe even in pain,
But never
Weeping like a baby.
On Saturday afternoon
He was really fine to him.
But on Saturday evening,
Oh, well Eddie was so pretty.
But now his boy is leaving.
Hey, boy, you're so young
To be a queen weeping.
You're just a little princess.
Oh, Eddie, don't!
Cause what can I do
But listen to you tell your story?
On Saturday afternoon
He was really fine to him.
But on Saturday evening,
Oh, well Eddie was so pretty.
But now his boy is leaving.
But now his boy is leaving.
But now his boy is leaving him.
Queenie, come home soon!
Hammer Horror
[Demo]
Who stands in the belltower,
Now you're gone.
And who knows all the sights
Of Notre Dame?
You knew the girls and the times,
You knew the rites and the rhymes.
Now they're trying to push me into your name.
Hammer Horror, Hammer Horror,
Won't leave it alone.
The first time in my life,
The first break of my life,
Wh(ere) I've let'em go.
Hammer Horror, Hammer Horror,
Won't leave it alone.
Oh no,
It's not the right thing to do!
Who calls me from the other side
Of the street?
And who taps me on the shoulder?
I turn around, but you're gone.
You know my mind and my heart.
So you should know I wouldn't take your part.
All I want to do is forget
You, friend.
Hammer Horror, Hammer Horror,
Won't leave it alone.
The first time in my life,
The first break of my life,
Wh(ere) I've letten go.
Hammer Horror, Hammer Horror,
Won't leave it alone.
Oh no,
It's not the right thing to do!
It Hurts Me
[Demo]
Slipping past the chimney-pots,
Down among the ashes, away from old times
Why must I self-indulge in memories?
I should be celebrating to a moving melody,
But it hurts me, it hurts me,
Honey, honey, it hurts me.
And I'm feeling like a waltz,
Growing old, old, old, old, old.
I was fiery but you put me out.
I was always one for loving and leaving.
I like to think I was immune to romance.
I should be laughing at some good old comedy.
Oh, but it hurts me, it hurts me.
Honey, honey, it hurts me.
And I'm feeling like a waltz.
If you laughed at me, I'd laugh too.
Waltz, don't you know that I'd be really breaking.
L'amour marche avec un etranger.
I shouldn't care, you're not my darling anymore,
But it hurts me, it hurts me,
Honey, honey, honey, honey.
And I'm feeling like a waltz,
Growing old, old, old, old, old.
Kashka From Baghdad
[Demo]
Kashka from Baghdad
Lives in sin, they say,
With another man,
But no one knows who.
Dark lights at night.
No one thinks there's life inside at all,
That there's life inside at all.
Except for the ladies who clean the house,
Except for the men who put the garbage out.
At night
They're seen
Laughing,
Dancing.
They know
The way
To be
Happy.
Never go for walks.
Maybe it's because
The moon's not bright enough.
They're blind in love, you see.
I watch their shadows,
Tall and slim,
In the window opposite.
I long to be with them.
What would I do if I were seen?
What would I do if they knew my feelings?
At night
They're seen
Laughing,
Loving.
They know
The way
To be
Happy.
The Kick Inside (Brother)
[Demo]
I've pulled down my lace and the chintz.
Oh, do you know you have the face of a genius?
I'll send your love to Zeus.
Oh, by the time you read this,
I'll be well in touch.
I'm giving it all in a moment for you.
I'm giving it all in a moment or two.
I'm giving it all, giving it, giving it.
The kicking here inside
Makes me leave you behind.
No more under the quilt
To keep you warm.
Your sister I was born. Lose me.
You must lose me like an arrow,
Shot into the killer storm.
You and me on the bobbing knee
Welling eyes from identifying with Lizie Wan's story.
I will come home again, but not until
The sun and the moon meet on yon hill.
I'm giving it all in a moment for you.
I'm giving it all in a moment or two.
I'm giving it all, giving it, giving it,
giving it, giving it!
The kicking here inside
Makes me leave you behind.
No more under the quilt
To keep you warm.
Your sister I was born. Lose me.
You must lose me like an arrow,
Shot into the killer storm.
I've pulled down my lace and the chintz.
Oh, do you know? You have the face of a genius.
I'll send your love to Zeus.
Oh, by the time you read this.
Kite
[Demo]
Beelzebub is aching in my belly-o.
My feet are heavy and I'm rooted in my wellios.
And I want to get away and go
From all these mirror windows.
I look at eye level, it isn't good enough.
And then I find it out when I take a good look up.
There's a hole in the sky with a big eyeball
Calling me:
"Come up and be a kite,
And fly a diamond night.
A diamond kite, a diamond kite.
Ooh, what a diamond!
"A diamond kite
On a diamond flight.
Over the lights, under the moon.
Over the lights, under the moon.
Over the moon, over the moon!"
I feel a rush along my body, like a bullet.
I'm 2-D after a push-and-pull feeling.
And I want to get back to safe home.
Cause I love that dome.
I got no limbs, I'm like a feather on the wind.
Well, I'm not sure if I want to be up here, at all.
And I'd like to be back on the ground,
But I don't know how to get down, down, down!
"Come up and be a kite,
And fly a diamond night.
A diamond kite, a diamond kite.
Ooh, what a diamond!
"A diamond kite
On a diamond flight.
Over the lights, oooh, under the moon.
Over the lights, oooh, under the moon.
Over the moon, over the moon!"
L'Amour Looks Something
Like You
[Demo]
You came out of the night,
Wearing a mask in a white colour.
My eyes were shining
On the wine, and your aura.
All in order, we move into the boudoir,
But too soon the morning has resumed.
I'm hanging on the Old Goose Moon.
You look like an angel,
Sleeping it off at a station.
Were you only passing through?
I'm dying for you just to touch me,
And feel all the energy rushing right up-a-me.
L'amour looks something like you.
The thought of you sends me shivery.
I'm dressed in lace, sailing down a black reverie.
My heart is thrown
To the pebbles and the boatmen.
All the time I find I'm living in that evening,
With that feeling of sticky love inside.
I'm hanging on the Old Goose Moon.
You look like an angel,
Sleeping it off at a station.
Were you only passing through?
I'm dying for you just to touch me,
And feel all the energy rushing right up-a-me.
L'amour looks something like you.
L'amour looks something like you.
L'amour looks something like you.
Moving
[Demo]
Moving stranger,
Does it really matter,
As long as you're not afraid to feel?
Touch me, hold me.
How my open arms ache!
Try to fall for me.
How I'm moved.
How you move me
With your beauty's potency.
You give me life.
Please don't let me go.
You crush the lily in my soul.
Moving liquid
Yes, you are just as water.
You flow around all that comes in your way.
Don't think it over,
It always takes you over,
And sets your spirit dancing.
How I'm moved.
How you move me
With your beauty's potency.
You give me life.
Please don't let me go.
Give me life.
Please don't let me go.
Oh, you give me life.
Please don't a let me go.
You crush the lily in my soul. (
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