Released: November 15, 1993
Songwriter: Kate Bush
Producer: Kate Bush
[Intro]
Some moments that I've had
Some moments of pleasure
[Verse 1]
I think about us lying
Lying on a beach somewhere
I think about us diving
Diving off a rock, into another moment
[Verse 2]
The case of George the Wipe
Oh God, I can't stop laughing
This sense of humour of mine
It isn't funny at all
Oh, but we sit up all night
Talking about it
[Chorus 1]
Just being alive
It can really hurt
And these moments given
Are a gift from time
[Verse 3]
On a balcony in New York
It's just started to snow
He meets us at the lift
Like Douglas Fairbanks
Waving his walking stick
But he isn't well at all
The buildings of New York
Look just like mountains through the snow
[Chorus 1]
Just being alive
It can really hurt
And these moments given
Are a gift from time
[Chorus 2]
Just let us try
To give these moments back
To those we love
To those who will survive
[Verse 4]
And I can hear my mother saying
"Every old sock meets an old shoe"
Ain't that a great saying?
"Every old sock meets an old shoe"
Here come the Hills of Time
[Outro]
Hey there, Maureen
Hey there, Bubba
Dancing down the aisle of a plane
'S Murph, playing his guitar refrain
Hey there, Teddy
Spinning in the chair at Abbey Road
Hey there, Michael
Do you really love me?
Hey there, Bill
Could you turn the lights up?
Some moments that I've had
Some moments of pleasure
[Verse 1]
I think about us lying
Lying on a beach somewhere
I think about us diving
Diving off a rock, into another moment
[Verse 2]
The case of George the Wipe
Oh God, I can't stop laughing
This sense of humour of mine
It isn't funny at all
Oh, but we sit up all night
Talking about it
[Chorus 1]
Just being alive
It can really hurt
And these moments given
Are a gift from time
[Verse 3]
On a balcony in New York
It's just started to snow
He meets us at the lift
Like Douglas Fairbanks
Waving his walking stick
But he isn't well at all
The buildings of New York
Look just like mountains through the snow
[Chorus 1]
Just being alive
It can really hurt
And these moments given
Are a gift from time
[Chorus 2]
Just let us try
To give these moments back
To those we love
To those who will survive
[Verse 4]
And I can hear my mother saying
"Every old sock meets an old shoe"
Ain't that a great saying?
"Every old sock meets an old shoe"
Here come the Hills of Time
[Outro]
Hey there, Maureen
Hey there, Bubba
Dancing down the aisle of a plane
'S Murph, playing his guitar refrain
Hey there, Teddy
Spinning in the chair at Abbey Road
Hey there, Michael
Do you really love me?
Hey there, Bill
Could you turn the lights up?
more tracks from the album
From the albums
- Moments of Pleasure (1993)
- The Red Shoes (1993)
Kate Bush popular songs
- Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)
- Wuthering Heights
- Babooshka
- This Woman’s Work
- Cloudbusting
- Hounds of Love
- Waking the Witch
- Suspended in Gaffa
- And Dream of Sheep
- Army Dreamers
- Hello Earth
- Jig of Life
- The Sensual World
- Watching You Without Me
- Sat in Your Lap
- Get Out of My House
- The Big Sky
- The Dreaming
- The Man with the Child in His Eyes
- The Morning Fog
- Mother Stands for Comfort
- Breathing
- Pull Out the Pin
- Under Ice