Kashka From Baghdad

Album: Lionheart (1978)
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  • Kashka from Baghdad lives in sin they say
    With another man
    But no-one knows who
    Old friends never call there
    Some wonder if life's inside at all
    If there's life inside at all
    But we know the lady who rents the room
    She catches them calling à la lune

    [Chorus:]
    At night they're seen
    Laughing, loving
    They know the way
    To be happy

    They never go for walks
    Maybe it's because the moon's not bright enough
    There's light in love you see
    I watch their shadows
    Tall and slim in the window opposite
    I long to be with them
    'Coz when all the alley-cats come out
    You can hear music from Kashka's house

    [Chorus:] Writer/s: Kate Bush
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Defn from Newcastle-upon-tyne, United KingdomThis is one of my favourite Kate Bush songs... it figures really given what its about :)
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