Lyrics to
The Saxophone Song

This version of The Saxophone Song was released by Kate Bush in 1978.

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You’ll find me in a Berlin bar,
In a corner brooding.
You know that I go very quiet
When I’m listening to you.

There’s something very special indeed,
In all the places where I’ve seen you shine, boy.
There’s something very real in how I feel, honey.

It’s in me.
It’s in me,
And you know it’s for real.
Tuning in on your saxophone.
Doo-bee-doo-bee-doo…

The candle burning over your shoulder is throwing
Shadows on your saxophone, a surly lady in tremor.
The stars that climb from her bowels,
Those stars make towers on vowels.

You’ll never know that you had all of me.
You’ll never know the poetry you’ve stirred in me.
Of all the stars I’ve seen that shine so brightly,
I’ve never known or felt in myself so rightly,

It’s in me.
It’s in me,
And you know it’s for real.
Tuning in on your saxophone.
Doo-bee-doo-bee-doo…

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About Lyrics and The Saxophone Song by Kate Bush

The lyrics to The Saxophone Song are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Kate Bush in 1978. Elements of the lyrics to The Saxophone Song are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Kate Bush and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for The Saxophone Song back when it was created.

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