"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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