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Waterboys • The Whole of the Moon • 1985 Concert

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The Whole of the Moon
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I pictured a rainbow
You held in your hands
I had flashes
But you saw then plan
I wondered out in the world for years
While you just stayed in your room
I saw the crescent
You saw the whole of the moon!
The whole of the moon!

You were there at the turnstiles
With the wind at your heels
You stretched for the stars
And you know how it feels
To reach too high
Too far
Too soon
You saw the whole of the moon!

I was grounded
While you filled the skies
I was dumbfounded by truths
You cut through lies
I saw the rain-dirty valley
You saw brigadoon
I saw the crescent
You saw the whole of the moon!

I spoke about wings
You just flew
I wondered, I guessed, and I tried
You just knew
I sighed
But you swooned
I saw the crescent
You saw the whole of the moon!
The whole of the moon!

With a torch in your pocket
And the wind at your heels
You climbed on the ladder
And you know how it feels
To reach too high
Too far
Too soon
You saw the whole of the moon!
The whole of the moon!

Unicorns and cannonballs,
Palaces and piers,
Trumpets, towers, and tenemets,
Wide oceans full of tears,
Flag, rags, ferry boats,
Scimitars and scarves,
Every precious dream and vision
Underneath the stars

You climbed on the ladder
With the wind in your sails
You came like a comet
Blazing your trail
Too high
Too far
Too soon
You saw the whole of the moon!

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Waterboys • The Whole of the Moon • 1985 Concert

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  • Agree with that ...

    Agree with that sentiment 100%. She was drop dead gorgeous 20 years ago, and is most likey still drop dead gorgeous to this date.

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  • Max Edie's probably ...

    Max Edie's probably got about 4 kids now.

    Whoever rendered her parturient is one lucky-ass bastard!!!

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  • Speechless!

    Speechless!

    By FarmerHendri [Affiliate User] 1203356532 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • What a great song!! ...

    What a great song!! Truly amazing & clasic!!

    By weekendaternies [Affiliate User] 1203241701 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • I still LOVE THIS ...

    I still LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!!

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  • This is my uncles ...

    This is my uncles funerel song!!Sorry for depressing you all,but this was him all over..and we all cried when it was played....And no he wasn't a smackhead he was a piss head ha haaaaaaa xxxxx RIP JAMES GLEN X

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  • yeah, karl ...

    yeah, karl wallinger. another great artist. way underrated singer/songwriter.

    By bolderr [Affiliate User] 1202775194 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • i remember this!!!! ...

    i remember this!!!!!!!!!!!!

    By megacoolboy1 [Affiliate User] 1202754798 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Oh yeah, I second ...

    Oh yeah, I second those thoughts! What a great performance. It's a video I never tire of playing.

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  • Beutiful poetry set ...

    Beutiful poetry set to wonderful music and perfectly performed. What more can one ask for. Thanks very much for taking the trouble to post !

    By paulreeve [Affiliate User] 1202725039 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • was this song ...

    was this song written by a squadie in the falklands??????????????????

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  • Anybody think ...

    Anybody think Hannah Spearitt could be related to Max Edie?

    Karl Wallinger has family in South Wales.

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  • i sent this as ...

    i sent this as tribute
    to the great american writer
    barry hannah -
    - i was a student of his.
    i am deeply satisfied
    to have known him.
    him and harry crews.
    they both saw the whole of the moon.

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  • great,great song... ...

    great,great song...one of a kind truly

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  • Even though I was ...

    Even though I was 14 in 1980, I mostly disliked the music of the 80s. But Waterboys was certainly an exception. "This is the Sea" is one of my all time favourite albums.

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  • the muts nuts.

    the muts nuts.

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  • That's Karl ...

    That's Karl Wallenger from World Party on the piano and I don't think it gets more sexily beautiful than Max Edie(yes...great name!)

    What's ever become of her?

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  • Cool. Is that Bob ...

    Cool. Is that Bob Geldoff on piano?

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  • I always thought it ...

    I always thought it was about a self aquialization or the singers lack thereof.

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  • Yeah, good too for ...

    Yeah, good too for copping a feel off some bird on the dance floor to at the disco.

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  • My sentiments ...

    My sentiments exactly.

    There is nothing like this today. And that is a damned shame.

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  • BRILLIANT!!!

    BRILLIANT!!!

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  • the songs a paradox ...

    the songs a paradox of existence. The freedom of the mind to go to the limits of imagination and the brigadoon existence where each day is merely a reflection of itself.

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  • I agree

    I agree

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  • Grant definitely ...

    Grant definitely had the best taste in music. these guys are brilliant and i'm quite sure grant was too. keep looking for the light at the end of the tunnel, you'll come to it eventually, x

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