The Waterboys

I pictured a rainbow You held it in your hands I had flashes But you saw the plan I wandered out in the world for years While you just stayed in your room I saw the crescent You saw the whole of the moon You were there in the turnstiles With the wind

I remember Johnny, hey Johnny come lately I remember her shoes like a ballerina A girl called Johnny Who changed her name when she Discovered her choice was To change or to be changed I remember a girl called Johnny Black as hell, white as a ghost "D

The Waterboys - Paris In the Rain He came down to Paris in his seventeenth year high on himself in the numb dead of summer Looking for something realer than real richer than riches louder than thunder When he came to Paris in the rain high on the har

December is the cruelest month But this time for once my cheeks are warm After long years in the monkey-house I am ready for the storm Let them throw all their cannonballs Let all their strongmen come I'm ready to go anywhere Through venom, sick and

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 and we'll begin Close your eyes, breathe slow and we will begin To look together for the pan wi

These things you keep You'd better throw them away You wanna turn your back On your soulless days Once you were tethered And now you are free Once you were tethered Well now you are free That was the river This is the sea! Now if you're feelin' weary