Released: September 18, 1989
Songwriter: Kate Bush
Producer: Kate Bush
[Verse 1]
Can't move my arms, can't move my legs
Can't say, "No," I can't say, "Yes"
Can't help myself
I need your help
[Pre-Chorus]
We go
"Ooh, ooh, what do we do
Now we just can't move?"
We're calling out for Middle Street
We go
"Ooh, ooh, what do we do
Now we just can't move?"
We hang on to every line
And walk straight down the middle of it
[Chorus]
Well, he thought he was gonna die, but he didn't
She thought she just couldn't cope, but she did
We thought it would be so hard, but it wasn't
It wasn't easy, though
[Verse 2]
Can't say, "Yes," I can't say, "No"
Can't begin, can't let go
Help me now
[Pre-Chorus]
We go
"Ooh, ooh, what do we do
Now we just can't move?"
We're calling out for Middle Street
We go
"Ooh, ooh, what do we do
Now we just can't move?"
We hang on to every line
And walk straight down the middle of it
[Chorus]
Well, he thought he was gonna die, but he didn't
She thought she could never cope, but she did
And we thought it was all over, but it wasn't
It hadn't started yet, no
[Outro]
Walk straight down the middle of it
Walk straight down the middle of it
We're calling out for Middle Street
We're calling out for Middle Street
Ooh, ooh, ooh
I'm walking straight down the middle of it
Can't move my arms, can't move my legs
Can't say, "No," I can't say, "Yes"
Can't help myself
I need your help
[Pre-Chorus]
We go
"Ooh, ooh, what do we do
Now we just can't move?"
We're calling out for Middle Street
We go
"Ooh, ooh, what do we do
Now we just can't move?"
We hang on to every line
And walk straight down the middle of it
[Chorus]
Well, he thought he was gonna die, but he didn't
She thought she just couldn't cope, but she did
We thought it would be so hard, but it wasn't
It wasn't easy, though
[Verse 2]
Can't say, "Yes," I can't say, "No"
Can't begin, can't let go
Help me now
[Pre-Chorus]
We go
"Ooh, ooh, what do we do
Now we just can't move?"
We're calling out for Middle Street
We go
"Ooh, ooh, what do we do
Now we just can't move?"
We hang on to every line
And walk straight down the middle of it
[Chorus]
Well, he thought he was gonna die, but he didn't
She thought she could never cope, but she did
And we thought it was all over, but it wasn't
It hadn't started yet, no
[Outro]
Walk straight down the middle of it
Walk straight down the middle of it
We're calling out for Middle Street
We're calling out for Middle Street
Ooh, ooh, ooh
I'm walking straight down the middle of it
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This Woman’s Work: Anthology 1978-1990
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- Cloudbusting (The Organon Mix) [12" Version]
- Burning Bridge
- Ken
- Experiment IV
- Hounds of Love (Alternative) [12" Version]
- Wuthering Heights (New Vocal)
- Them Heavy People (Live)
- Don’t Push Your Foot on the Heartbrake (Live)
- L’Amour Looks Something Like You (Live)
- One Last Look Around the House Before We Go...
- Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God) [12" Version]
- December Will Be Magic Again
- Ran Tan Waltz
- The Big Sky (Meteorological Mix) [12" Version]
- Warm and Soothing
- Under the Ivy
- I’m Still Waiting
- My Lagan Love
- Not This Time
- James and the Cold Gun (Live)
- Walk Straight Down the Middle
- Ne T’enfuis Pas
- The Handsome Cabin Boy
- Lord of the Reedy River
- Passing Through Air
- Un Baiser D’enfant
- Experiment IV [12" Version]
From the albums
- The Sensual World (1989)
- This Woman’s Work: Anthology 1978-1990 (1990)
- The Other Sides (2018)
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