Released: September 18, 1989
Songwriter: Kate Bush
Producer: Kate Bush
[Verse 1]
Mmh, yes
Then I'd taken the kiss of seedcake back from his mouth
Going deep South, go down, mmh, yes
Took six big wheels and rolled our bodies
Off of Howth Head and into the flesh, mmh, yes
[Pre-Chorus 1]
He said, "I was a flower of the mountain, yes
But now I've powers o'er a woman's body, yes"
[Chorus]
Stepping out of the page into the sensual world
Stepping out
[Verse 2]
To where the water and the earth caress
And the down of a peach says, "Mmh, yes"
Do I look for those millionaires like a Machiavellian girl would
When I could wear a sunset, mmh, yes
[Pre-Chorus 2]
And how we'd wished to live in the sensual world
You don't need words, just one kiss, then another
[Chorus]
Stepping out of the page into the sensual world
Stepping out off the page into the sensual world
[Interlude]
[Verse 3]
And then our arrows of desire rewrite the speech, mmh, yes
And then he whispered, "Would I, mmh, yes
Be safe, mmh, yes, from mountain flowers?"
And at first with the charm around him, mmh, yes
He loosened it so if it slipped between my breasts
He'd rescue it, mmh, yes
[Verse 4]
And his spark took life in my hand and, mmh, yes
I said, "Mmh, yes", but not yet
Mmh, yes
Mmh, yes
Mmh, yes
Then I'd taken the kiss of seedcake back from his mouth
Going deep South, go down, mmh, yes
Took six big wheels and rolled our bodies
Off of Howth Head and into the flesh, mmh, yes
[Pre-Chorus 1]
He said, "I was a flower of the mountain, yes
But now I've powers o'er a woman's body, yes"
[Chorus]
Stepping out of the page into the sensual world
Stepping out
[Verse 2]
To where the water and the earth caress
And the down of a peach says, "Mmh, yes"
Do I look for those millionaires like a Machiavellian girl would
When I could wear a sunset, mmh, yes
[Pre-Chorus 2]
And how we'd wished to live in the sensual world
You don't need words, just one kiss, then another
[Chorus]
Stepping out of the page into the sensual world
Stepping out off the page into the sensual world
[Interlude]
[Verse 3]
And then our arrows of desire rewrite the speech, mmh, yes
And then he whispered, "Would I, mmh, yes
Be safe, mmh, yes, from mountain flowers?"
And at first with the charm around him, mmh, yes
He loosened it so if it slipped between my breasts
He'd rescue it, mmh, yes
[Verse 4]
And his spark took life in my hand and, mmh, yes
I said, "Mmh, yes", but not yet
Mmh, yes
Mmh, yes
more tracks from the album
From the albums
- The Sensual World (1989)
- NOW That’s What I Call Music! 16 [UK] (1989)
- Aspects of the Sensual World [EP] (1990)
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