The Waterboys

Released: February 23, 1999

Songwriter: Mike Scott (SCO) Bruce Springsteen Patti Smith

Take me now baby here as I am
Pull me close, try and understand
Desire is hunger is the fire I breathe
Love is a banquet on which we feed

Come on now try and understand
The way I feel when I'm in your hands
Take my hand as the sun descends
You can't touch me now
Can't touch me now, can't touch me now

Come with me
On a journey beneath the skin
Come with me
On a journey under the skin
We will look together
For the Pan within

Close your eyes
Breathe slow we'll begin
Close your eyes
Breathe slow we will begin
To look together
For the Pan within

Swing your hips
Loose your head let it spin
Swing your hips and
Loose your head let it spin
And we will look together for the Pan within

Close your eyes
Breathe slow we'll begin
Close your eyes
Breathe slow we will begin
To look together
For the Pan within

Put your face to my window
Breathe a night full of treasure
The wind is delicious
Sweet and wild with the promise of pleasure
The stars are alive
And nights like these
Were born to be
Sanctified by you and me
Lovers thieves fools and pretenders
And all we gotta do is surrender

Come with me on a journey
Under the skin
Come with me on a journey beneath the skin
And we will look together
For the Pan within

Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to lust
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to us
If we believe in the night we're lovers
If we believe in the night we trust
Because the night belongs to love

Led by Mike Scott, the Waterboys formed in London in 1981. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Scott first became involved in music as the creator of the fanzine Jungleland and later played in a series of local punk bands. After studying English and philosophy in college, Scott moved with his band, Another Pretty Face, to London where, following the group’s breakup, he formed the Waterboys with multi-instrumentalist Anthony Thistlethwaite and Kevin Wilkinson, issuing their self-titled debut in 1983. Keyboardist Karl Wallinger and trumpeter Roddy Lorimer joined for their follow-up, A Pagan Place (1984).

After the release of their 3rd album, This Is the Sea, in 1985, Wallinger departed from the group. When the Waterboys returned in 1988 with the acclaimed Fisherman’s Blues, they were joined by fiddler Steve Wickham, keyboardist Guy Chambers, drummer Dave Ruffy and bassist Marco Weissman, a lineup that would take them to their next release, Room to Roam in 1990.

In 1991, Scott moved to New York without any of his bandmembers- reflected in 1993’s Dream Harder, a rock-oriented record that seemed to mark the end of the Waterboys’ career.

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