Lyrics to
Kashka From Baghdad

This version of Kashka From Baghdad was released by Kate Bush in 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 a la lune.

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.

‘Cause when all the alley-cats come out,
You can hear music from Kashka’s house.

At night
They’re seen
Laughing,
Loving.
They know
The way
To be
Happy.

“Watching every night.
Don’t you know they’re seen?
Won’t you let me laugh?
Let me in your love.

“Watching every night.
Don’t you know they’re seen?
Won’t you let me laugh?
Let me in your love.

“Watching every night.
Don’t you know they’re seen?
Won’t you let me laugh?
Let me in your love.

“Watching every night.
Don’t you know they’re seen?
Won’t you let me laugh?”

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You can understand the lyrics to Kashka From Baghdad if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Kashka From Baghdad" means the words set to the music of Kashka From Baghdad, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Kate Bush. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Kashka From Baghdad and the lyrics to Kashka From Baghdad are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Kate Bush who came here looking just for the lyrics to Kashka From Baghdad, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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