Released: August 31, 1979
Songwriter: Kate Bush
Producer: Kate Bush
[Refrain]
Rolling the ball, rolling the ball, rolling the ball to me
(Rolling, rolling, rolling)
Rolling the ball, rolling the ball, rolling the ball to me
(Rolling, rolling, rolling)
[Verse 1]
They arrived at an inconvenient time
I was hiding in a room in my mind
They made me look at myself, I saw it well
I'd shut the people out of my life
[Verse 2]
So now I take the opportunities
Wonderful teachers ready to teach me
I must work on my mind, for now I realise
Every one of us has a heaven inside
[Chorus]
Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot
Them heavy people help me
Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot
[Refrain]
Rolling the ball, rolling the ball, rolling the ball to me
(Rolling, rolling, rolling)
Rolling the ball, rolling the ball, rolling the ball to me
(Rolling, rolling, rolling)
[Verse 3]
They open doorways that I thought were shut for good
They read me Gurdjieff and Jesu
They build up my body, break me emotionally
It's nearly killing me, but what a lovely feeling
[Verse 4]
I love the whirling of the dervishes
(Come on, give me dervishes love)
I love the beauty of rare innocence
You don't need no crystal ball, don't fall for a magic wand
We humans got it all, we perform the miracles
[Chorus]
Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot
Them heavy people help me
(Heavy, heavy, heavy)
Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot
Rolling the, rolling the, rolling the, rolling the...
(Ro-rolling, ro-rolling...)
[Chorus]
Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot
Them heavy people help me
(Heavy, heavy, heavy)
Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot
Rolling the, rolling the, ro-ro-rolling the...
(Ro-rolling, ro-rolling...)
[Chorus]
Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot
Them heavy people help me
(Heavy, heavy, heavy)
Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot
Rolling the, rolling the, ro-ro-rolling the...
(Ro-rolling, ro-rolling...)
[Chorus]
Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot
Them heavy people help me
(Heavy, heavy, heavy)
Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot
Rolling the, rolling the, ro-ro-rolling the...
(Ro-rolling, ro-rolling...)
[Chorus]
Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot
Them heavy people help me
(Heavy, heavy, heavy)
Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot
[Refrain]
Rolling the ball, rolling the ball, rolling the ball to me
(Rolling, rolling, rolling)
Rolling the ball, rolling the ball
Rolling the ball, rolling the ball, rolling the ball to me
(Rolling, rolling, rolling)
Rolling the ball, rolling the ball, rolling the ball to me
(Rolling, rolling, rolling)
[Verse 1]
They arrived at an inconvenient time
I was hiding in a room in my mind
They made me look at myself, I saw it well
I'd shut the people out of my life
[Verse 2]
So now I take the opportunities
Wonderful teachers ready to teach me
I must work on my mind, for now I realise
Every one of us has a heaven inside
[Chorus]
Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot
Them heavy people help me
Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot
[Refrain]
Rolling the ball, rolling the ball, rolling the ball to me
(Rolling, rolling, rolling)
Rolling the ball, rolling the ball, rolling the ball to me
(Rolling, rolling, rolling)
[Verse 3]
They open doorways that I thought were shut for good
They read me Gurdjieff and Jesu
They build up my body, break me emotionally
It's nearly killing me, but what a lovely feeling
[Verse 4]
I love the whirling of the dervishes
(Come on, give me dervishes love)
I love the beauty of rare innocence
You don't need no crystal ball, don't fall for a magic wand
We humans got it all, we perform the miracles
[Chorus]
Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot
Them heavy people help me
(Heavy, heavy, heavy)
Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot
Rolling the, rolling the, rolling the, rolling the...
(Ro-rolling, ro-rolling...)
[Chorus]
Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot
Them heavy people help me
(Heavy, heavy, heavy)
Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot
Rolling the, rolling the, ro-ro-rolling the...
(Ro-rolling, ro-rolling...)
[Chorus]
Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot
Them heavy people help me
(Heavy, heavy, heavy)
Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot
Rolling the, rolling the, ro-ro-rolling the...
(Ro-rolling, ro-rolling...)
[Chorus]
Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot
Them heavy people help me
(Heavy, heavy, heavy)
Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot
Rolling the, rolling the, ro-ro-rolling the...
(Ro-rolling, ro-rolling...)
[Chorus]
Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot
Them heavy people help me
(Heavy, heavy, heavy)
Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot
[Refrain]
Rolling the ball, rolling the ball, rolling the ball to me
(Rolling, rolling, rolling)
Rolling the ball, rolling the ball
The Single File (1978 - 1983)
- Wuthering Heights
- Passing Through Air
- Un Baiser D’enfant
- Ran Tan Waltz
- December Will Be Magic Again
- The Empty Bullring
- Wow
- Fullhouse
- Coffee Homeground
- Breathing
- Them Heavy People (Live)
- Don’t Push Your Foot on the Heartbrake (Live)
- L’Amour Looks Something Like You (Live)
- Delius (Song of Summer)
- Lord of the Reedy River
- The Man with the Child in His Eyes
- Sat in Your Lap
- There Goes a Tenner
- Moving
- Kite
- Babooshka
- Army Dreamers
- The Dreaming
- Warm and Soothing
- Hammer Horror
- James and the Cold Gun (Live)
- Ne T’enfuis Pas
- Dreamtime
- On Stage [EP] (1979)
- The Single File (1978 - 1983) (1984)
- This Woman’s Work: Anthology 1978-1990 (1990)
- Live at the Hammersmith Odeon (1994)
- 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