Rocket's Tail

Album: The Sensual World (1989)
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  • That November night, looking up into the sky
    You said hey wish that was me up there
    It's the biggest rocket I could find
    And it's holding the night in its arms
    If for only a moment
    I can't see the look in its eyes
    But I'm sure it must be laughing
    But it seemed to me the saddest thing I'd ever seen
    And I thought you were crazy wishing such a thing

    I saw only a stick on fire
    Alone on its journey
    Home to the quickening ground
    With no one there to catch it

    I put on my pointed hat
    And my black and silver suit
    And I check my gunpowder pack
    And I strap the stick on my back
    And dressed as a rocket on Waterloo Bridge
    Nobody seemed to see me
    Then with the fuse in my hand
    And now shooting into the night

    And still as a rocket
    I land in the river
    Was it me said you were crazy?

    I put on my cloudiest suit
    Size five lightning boots too
    'Cause I am a rocket
    On fire
    Look at me go with my tail on fire
    Tail on fire
    On fire Writer/s: Kate Bush
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Paul from Rothesay, Nb, NbThis song is absolutely magical. I can still remember listening to it for the first time and getting totally swept up when the song takes off after the acapella intro. David Gilmour's performance is spot on. One of my all-time faves from Kate!
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